A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a police officer's use of Flock automated license plate readers to track a vehicle based solely on its out-of-state license plate constituted an unconstitutional search. This decision highlights concerns about the potential for indiscriminate mass surveillance as these systems amass vast amounts of data on public movement, a point previously overlooked in legal precedent. Experts anticipate this ruling will spur further legal challenges to the use of ALPR technology and may prompt courts to re-evaluate the scope of permissible surveillance.
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