Comment by pj_mukh
4 hours ago
ALPR's pre-date Flock. The bill never mentions the brand "Flock". You could trivially mandate some stringent data retention policies, block cross-camera tracking if you really want, but just like his AI bill, a blanket ban is all this wing of the party can think of?
It's DOA, it'll never pass. He has the mandate to actually fix the privacy issue and he's p*ssing it away.
> You could trivially mandate some stringent data retention policies, block cross-camera tracking if you really want,
...or ban them. Just ban them. Let's have less surveillance.
The pro surveillance side keeps ratcheting things upwards and moving the Overton window. Let's claw some things back.
ALPR's have been a thing since the 1980's, nobody's been moving any windows, anywhere.
Hawley is the guy who was tweeting campaign emails during J6 while hiding in the corner... color me surprised.
They are talking about the Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, and Merkley bill, not the Hawley bill.
Though the horsehoe is the horseshoe.