The Bay Area has seen increased resistance to AI powered cameras. These cameras, (ALPRs, Automated License Plate Readers) have become ubiquitous. ) As estimaeted by DeFlock.org, there are over 144,000 installed throught the US. Flock Safety is a major supplier of this equipment. So much so that the camera are ofthen called “flocks.” They photograph passing vehicles, and store details like location, date, and time and capture the car's make, model, color, and identifying features such as dents, roof racks, and bumper stickers, often turning these into searchable data points. This blanket surveillance is completely unrelated to whether the drive is suspected of any criminlal activity. Used over time the data can be used to form a complete profile of a person’s life, where they go, work, worship and who they assoicte with, There have been numerous instances of ALPR data beign used to track indivueals for “private” use as well as flocks data falsely linking people to crimes.

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