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> Three, their outputs don't show up in court cases as evidence That's not true - I was recently a juror on a UK trial where we were shown ANPR photography of

• estearum 1mo ago
  You misunderstood the thread. Automated speed cameras are not part of a surveillance network. ANPR networks are obviously created specifically for surveillance. GP said "I remember pushback to automated speed cameras" and I said sure, but that was still very different because they weren't part of a surveillance network. Your proof that ANPRs are used for surveillance illustrates the same difference I am pointing out. Then the gap between UK's government-owned ANPRs and the privately owned Flock cameras is still probably quite large. I don't know the UK's privacy laws, but they probably exist. Flock, as a private party in the US, essentially has zero controls whatsoever on how the data is used. Including – most critically – that the government can simply buy the data from Flock (sans warrant) that would be illegal for the government to produce itself.