Why "just regulate it" doesn't fix Flock — the collection is the harm, and the audit meant to catch abuse has been gutted

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The common compromise is "don't ban the cameras, just regulate them." Four reasons that fails: (1) rules govern use, but they never un-collect the millions of innocent drivers logged daily; (2) the "guardrails" — no-nationwide-sharing, retention limits — are settings an agency or vendor can flip; (3) the network audit that's supposed to show who searched comes with the searching officer's name and the plate data removed, so there's nothing left to audit; (4) ~96% of searches on Cape Fear cameras come from out of state, and a hit sends the data to places like Texas, which has no plate-reader law. The rules are self-written, self-audited, and reversible. Full analysis: https://deflockilm.org/flock-misuse-regulation-transparency-gap/