Phone and Bluetooth signals could turn roadside cameras into far richer tracking tools.
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Phone and Bluetooth signals could turn roadside cameras into far richer tracking tools.
Flock license plate reader and camera with solar panel in Pleasant Hill, California on April 16, 2026.
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License plate readers can now track your phone too, thanks to new surveillance tech
New tech adds phone tracking to license plate readers, associating devices with identifiable cars - UPI.com
A new surveillance tool can trace people through the devices they carry
Flock wanted to put license plate cameras on 350,000 Uber and Lyft dashcams
Grassroots activists wage war on US police tracking their cars, one disabled camera at a time
Flock cameras are so controversial people are sabotaging them. Why?
Anger mounts in US over vast network of car license plate cameras
Flock pitched turning Uber and Lyft drivers into a mobile surveillance network
Flock pitched turning 350,000 Uber and Lyft drivers into a roaming surveillance network
Flock Wanted to Turn 350,000 Uber Drivers Into a Nationwide Plate-Scanning Fleet - Decrypt
