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Flock Cameras, Meta Glasses and the Surveillance Backlash

Flock Cameras, Meta Glasses and the Surveillance Backlash

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Flock Safety, the company that makes the automated license plate
reader (ALPR) cameras used by over 7,000 U.S. law enforcement
agencies, is facing a public backlash against surveillance tech.
Nearly half of Americans surveyed in an August poll said they
opposed ALPRs. The opposition is part of a long-simmering mistrust
of big tech and concerns over privacy and data security. Kara
speaks with a panel of experts about how the backlash to Flock and
street surveillance cameras squares with the boom in wearable tech
and AI-powered smart devices. Plus, they discuss – and question –
the usual framing of a trade-off between privacy and security.
Jason Koebler is a co-founder of 404 Media. He and his colleagues
have been reporting on Flock for the past few years.
Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble is the David O. Sears Presidential Endowed
Chair of Social Sciences and Professor at the University of
California, Los Angeles. She is the Director of the Center on
Resilience & Digital Justice and is the recipient of a
MacArthur “Genius Grant.” She’s also the author of Algorithms of
Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism. Victoria Song is a
senior reviewer for The Verge and author of the Optimizer
newsletter. She specializes in emerging technologies in wearables,
health and fitness and XR. Questions? Comments? Email us at
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