The ‘Guardrail Guy’ Went Viral for Posting About Flock Cameras. Then Someone Destroyed Them
THE SO WHAT
Public backlash escalating from online criticism to physical destruction of license plate readers shows how brittle infrastructure becomes when communities feel surveilled without consent. If you deploy sensing or AI monitoring in public or semi-public spaces, treat community engagement and transparency as core risk controls, not PR.
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