Liberal San Francisco is keeping its Flock cameras
THE SO WHAT
When a city like San Francisco doubles down on Flock cameras, automated surveillance is moving from exception to baseline civic infrastructure. Operators building urban tech should assume ALPR and similar feeds will be available — and contested — and design governance, not just features, into their integrations.
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