Warrantless data collection isn’t justified whether the technology is provided by Flock or anyone else.
Not to split hairs, but you have no right to privacy in public spaces.
the legal argument you’re thinking of is reasonable expectation of privacy in public.
you still have the right, but you’re giving up some of that by going in public.
e.g. someone can take a picture in public that includes you and you couldn’t have expected to be invisible in public.
You absolutely have the right and reasonable expectation to not have your every move tracked and logged into a database.
we have anti-stalker laws for things similar to that…We’ll make sure to have you tailed everywhere then.
What could a different ome possibly do that wouldn’t replicate the problems with this one? There’s no way any third party surveillance system is safe or appropriate or constitutional.
A black-box system could theoretically be deployed. Something that only reports plates that have been identified in a judicial warrant where no human has access to the raw data.
…which will be bought out by Flock in about six months.
The optics will be better.