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Texas Observer: As License Plate Readers Expand in Texas, Privacy Advocates are Fighting Back

April 29, 2026

“Searches like these are why local municipalities have begun pushing back against the rapid adoption and expansion of such technologies, said Kabbas Azhar, a fellow with the Electronic Privacy Information Center. ‘In general, the use of Flock currently is completely unregulated,’ he told the Observer. Even when cities and states do impose regulations, the Flock system is essentially run on the honor system, Azhar says.”

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