OKC residents concerned about privacy with Flock cameras
OKC residents concerned about privacy with Flock cameras
Publish Date: 2026-05-27 23:07:00
Source Domain: www.koco.com
THIS IS KOCO FIVE NEWS AT TEN. DRIVING AROUND OKLAHOMA CITY, YOU MAY NOTICE LICENSE PLATE READERS OR FLOCK CAMERAS. AND TONIGHT SOME PEOPLE ARE SOUNDING OFF ON THAT TECHNOLOGY. KOCO PATRICK TALBERT WENT TO A TOWN HALL JOINS US LIVE NOW. PATRICK, THE DEBATE OVER THESE CAMERAS IS GROWING. YEAH. JESSICA AND EVAN, THAT’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. TECHNOLOGY LIKE THESE CAMERAS BEHIND ME IS RAISING CONCERNS. AND CRITICS ARE RAISING PRIVACY CONCERNS ABOUT CAMERAS LIKE THESE. MEANWHILE, OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE TELLING US THAT CAMERAS LIKE THAT ONE RIGHT THERE HELP THEM SOLVE CRIMES AND HELP THEM LOCATE STOLEN VEHICLES. WE DON’T NEED LICENSE PLATE READERS. WE DON’T NEED WAYS FOR YOU TO FIGURE OUT WHO WE ARE JUST BY DRIVING BY. RESIDENTS OF OKLAHOMA CITY ATTENDING A TOWN HALL ON WEDNESDAY EVENING SURROUNDING LICENSE PLATE. READERS. REPRESENTATIVES WITH THE ACLU TELLING KOCO THESE FLOCK CAMERAS CAN HELP TRACK A PERSON’S MOVEMENTS AFTER THEIR VEHICLE PASSES A CAMERA. IT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO TRACK WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY GO ABOUT THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES, WHICH CAN REVEAL REALLY PRIVATE DETAILS ABOUT THEIR LIVES THAT THEY MAY NOT WANT TO SHARE WITH OTHERS. AND GOVERNMENT IN PARTICULAR, ARE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THE DATA THAT IS COLLECTED BY A COMPANY LIKE FOX. WE ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE DATA THAT’S BEING COLLECTED, BEING USED TO GO AFTER TARGETED POPULATIONS, EVERYTHING FROM PROTESTERS TO IMMIGRANTS TO GUN SHOW ATTENDEES WHO HAVE DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG AND YET ARE BEING TRACKED LIKE THEY’RE CRIMINALS. CRITICS SAY THEIR CONCERNS GO BEYOND POLITICS, ARGUING PRIVACY RIGHTS IMPACT EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF PARTY AFFILIATION. SURVEILLANCE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ONLY HAPPENS TO MINORITIES AND TO AND TO GROUPS WHO ARE OPPRESSED, RIGHT? A LOT OF FOLKS DON’T WANT TO BE SURVEILLED ALL THE TIME, DON’T WANT TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IF THEY’RE CROSSING STATE LINES, THAT THEY CAN BE TRACKED FOR WHATEVER BUSINESS THEY WERE DOING. IT NEEDS TO PUT RULES IN PLACE TO…
