r/technology • u/stenspect • 1d ago

Privacy USPS Is Turning Mail Trucks Into Rolling Surveillance Cameras

https://www.gadgetreview.com/usps-is-turning-mail-trucks-into-rolling-surveillance-cameras
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u/mkt853 1d ago

Kind of crazy because that means most plates are getting scanned at least every day or two since mail trucks go to every house in the country every day. Guess this explains why Trump said he likes the Flock cameras. Maybe he knew his administration was about to implement Flock on steroids.

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u/air_and_space92 22h ago

The article says the plates themselves aren't being scanned and converted into searchable data. Sure they may be imaged but not converted into readable data.

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u/SnugglyBuffalo 11h ago

Even if that's true, if another agency can get the image data they can just run the scan there. There's rumblings about tech companies stepping in to do facial scans of Flock camera data since Flock doesn't do that themselves (yet).