Comments on: The benefits of automatic license plate readers outweigh the dangers https://www.isegoria.net/2026/08/the-benefits-of-automatic-license-plate-readers-outweigh-the-dangers/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:36:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2026/08/the-benefits-of-automatic-license-plate-readers-outweigh-the-dangers/comment-page-1/#comment-3762702 Jim Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:33:20 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=54606#comment-3762702 The fundamental question is not technical, it is moral:

Do Americans have a right to step outside without being subjected to obscene sci-fi surveillance?

Flock is not the only offender. There are also:

* Traffic cameras
* ALPRs (automated license plate readers)
* Store surveillance cameras
* Doorbell cameras
* BWCs (police body cameras)
* Innumerable data vendors that trade in your personal information
* Etc. and so forth, virtually without end

If Americans have no right to privacy, then there is no prima facie reason why every Federal agency, State department, municipal corporation, and commercial corporation with a bank account and a U.S. address shouldn’t have a permanently archived video feed of every square inch of space outside of your doorstep, up to and including thermographic footage enabling estimation of the precise length, girth, and total volume of your dick, to the nearest millimeter or milliliter, at any given Unix timestamp.

In reality, the only solution is to deport the cops and lawyers along with the rest of the immoral aliens.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2026/08/the-benefits-of-automatic-license-plate-readers-outweigh-the-dangers/comment-page-1/#comment-3762699 Isegoria Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:15:09 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=54606#comment-3762699 Flock highlights how many missing persons they help find (10,000 last year) and how many stolen vehicles, but news stories tend to mention the kinds of crimes most of us think of: vehicle theft (~389), shootings (~194), theft/larceny (~160), homicide (~149), robbery (~129), hit-and-run (~105), assault (~105), and burglary (~102).

]]> By: Patrick Henry https://www.isegoria.net/2026/08/the-benefits-of-automatic-license-plate-readers-outweigh-the-dangers/comment-page-1/#comment-3762698 Patrick Henry Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:14:37 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=54606#comment-3762698 “700K crimes each year”

Which crimes? Where? Running red lights? Murder? Rape? Illegal border crossing? Fentanyl sales?

How many accused by photo were found not guilty?

What others uses of data captured by Flock cameras are there?

What revenue was obtained?

When the consent of Americans to be tracked by commercial entities while going about their lawful business given?

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