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Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Re: Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Post by calvinmorrison »

tptacek wrote: post #10

Besides the obvious privacy concern: at the very least in my state (Illinois), it's not lawful for public bodies to disclose the license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras, so this data set is necessarily incomplete. But, give it a year or two, and you can replace this whole website with a black background and 72 point white bold text "YES".

Flock is a private company, right. That's the whole schtick. Like, Flock can retain records indefinitely for example, they may sell those records to the government but they're a private party.

Re: Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Post by rogerrogerr »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #9
habinero wrote: post #2

I love these kinds of sites, since they're indistinguishable from honeypots. Sure, have my license plate and the information that I'm worried about being watched.

With no other identifying info, though, what can they do with a license plate number in isolation?

Exactly - you can collect license plates numbers way easier than this. The best data they can really get is a connection to an IP address.

Re: Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Post by tptacek »

calvinmorrison wrote: post #11
tptacek wrote: post #10

Besides the obvious privacy concern: at the very least in my state (Illinois), it's not lawful for public bodies to disclose the license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras, so this data set is necessarily incomplete. But, give it a year or two, and you can replace this whole website with a black background and 72 point white bold text "YES".

Flock is a private company, right. That's the whole schtick. Like, Flock can retain records indefinitely for example, they may sell those records to the government but they're a private party.

What's your point? To the extent they're a private company you're even less likely to get access to records from Flock ALPR cameras.

Re: Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Post by calvinmorrison »

tptacek wrote: post #13
calvinmorrison wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Flock is a private company, right. That's the whole schtick. Like, Flock can retain records indefinitely for example, they may sell those records to the government but they're a private party.

What's your point? To the extent they're a private company you're even less likely to get access to records from Flock ALPR cameras.

> at the very least in my state (Illinois), it's not lawful for public bodies to disclose the license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras, so this data set is necessarily incomplete.

They're not a public body, that was my point

Re: Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Post by CamperBob2 »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #9
habinero wrote: post #2

I love these kinds of sites, since they're indistinguishable from honeypots. Sure, have my license plate and the information that I'm worried about being watched.

With no other identifying info, though, what can they do with a license plate number in isolation?

Sell it to the cops and/or ICE as belonging to "self-identified persons of interest."

Re: Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Post by pests »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #9
habinero wrote: post #2

I love these kinds of sites, since they're indistinguishable from honeypots. Sure, have my license plate and the information that I'm worried about being watched.

With no other identifying info, though, what can they do with a license plate number in isolation?

Some states, like Michigan, you can request owner information (including address) by a in-person SOS visit and $15 a plate. I've always thought this should be PII and shouldn't be allowed on reddit, for example, where PII is banned. Post a driver with plate in Michigan and you may have doxxed them.

Re: Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Post by boomboomsubban »

habinero wrote: post #2

I love these kinds of sites, since they're indistinguishable from honeypots. Sure, have my license plate and the information that I'm worried about being watched.

They list their sources, if you care but don't trust them you could replicate it on your own.
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