MassLive: Boston abandoned Flock. But police forge ahead with new license plate readers

“Maria Villegas Bravo, counsel at the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), said replacing Flock with another vendor does little to address the underlying privacy concerns.”

“There are ‘no meaningful differences’ between the ALPR capabilities of Axon, Motorola and Flock, according to Villegas Bravo.”

“While each company promotes different features and cybersecurity safeguards, ‘the main issue is that they all do the same thing, essentially’ — collecting vehicle information and enabling that data to be shared through broader law-enforcement networks, she said.”

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