YouTuber Says Cops Visited Him After He Built a Flock-Style Camera to Track Cops

Automatic license plate recognition cameras photograph plates and let police search where a car has traveled, and misuse cases have grown as departments buy them from companies like Flock. A Canadian engineer built his own camera to log police cars; he says officers came to his home to ask his intentions, which he found ironic given how the police defend the tracking power.

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