Survey: More people in the US oppose license plate-reading cameras than support them
In the United States, 46% of survey participants opposed installing Flock license plate-reading cameras in their communities, while 38% supported them. This was reported by TechCrunch, citing a YouGov survey of 20,000 people in the US, the results of which were provided exclusively to The Washington Post.
Changing attitudes toward cameras
According to the survey, a majority of respondents supported such cameras last year, but opponents now outnumber supporters. More participants in the new study also said that such surveillance would not make them safer.
Flock has more than 120,000 license plate-reading devices in the US that can track the locations of vehicles. The company has become the center of controversy following reports of police misuse of the cameras’ surveillance capabilities. Amid privacy concerns, dozens of communities in the US have rejected Flock cameras or canceled contracts with the company.
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Flock’s statements and ACLU criticism
Flock told TechCrunch that its technology has broad support, while acknowledging that this support is not unconditional. The company also said it had recently introduced safeguards. The American Civil Liberties Union considers these measures insufficient and calls Flock a significant threat to civil liberties.
Last week, Flock CEO Garrett Langley called for a “compromise” between surveillance and privacy. This came after an increase in cases of vandalism targeting the company’s cameras.
