> The cases are principly different. A car's registration technically belongs to the state. It's the state's license plate and it's essentially illegal to drive

> The cases are principly different. A car's registration technically belongs to the state. It's the state's license plate and it's essentially illegal to drive on public streets anonymized. Meanwhile, the aerial surveillance program was tracking at the individual level on private property. I am an ex-employee of Flock. Flock uses far, far more than registration to track vehicles. Colors, including differently colored body panels, damage, bumper stickers, trailer hitches, wheels/rims, roof racks, are all parts of their vehicle recognition, that also happen to be tied to ALPR.