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On Flock License Plate Tracking Cameras

A recent story of a writer who was mistakenly identified, tracked, and arrested using data from Flock cameras has gone viral. The New Jersey plates that were allegedly stolen from the LA dealer were 34 03 DTM , not 34 10 DTM . But when the police report was created and the plate was entered into Flock’s system, it was just recorded as 34 DTM . Just the five large characters, no little number in the middle. And Flock’s AI tech wasn’t registering that non-standard little number when it began picki

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Published: 20 July 2026
Source: Bruce Schneier — Schneier on Security
Category: Field notes
Topics: Privacy
Retrieved: 21 July 2026

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ethics.ai (20 July 2026), “On Flock License Plate Tracking Cameras,” evidence record 12057, https://ethics.ai/record/12057 (originally published by Bruce Schneier — Schneier on Security).

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