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  "path": "/2026/06/04/because-flock-cant-be-trusted-cities-are-covering-cameras-with-garbage-bags/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-04T22:37:55.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.techdirt.com",
  "tags": [
    "flock",
    "flock safety",
    "alpr",
    "law enforcement",
    "mass surveillance",
    "privacy",
    "surveillance",
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  "textContent": "Flock Safety doesn’t seem to care about anyone. Not its customers, not those captured by its cameras, not even the legislators trying to find a balance between safety and privacy. Flock started out by pitching its cameras — with built-in license plate readers — to the kind of people with money to blow on unproven […]",
  "title": "Because Flock Can’t Be Trusted, Cities Are Covering Cameras With Garbage Bags"
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