Canadian YouTuber builds 'Flock-like' camera to exclusively track police vehicles, officers visit his home to express privacy concerns
Summary
A Tom's Hardware article reports on a Canadian software engineer who built an automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) camera designed to track police vehicles. The story covers police visiting the creator to question the project, and situates the DIY device within broader privacy concerns about ALPR networks like Flock Safety, highlighting debates over surveillance and civil liberties. The piece also references public backlash and policy responses to mass surveillance deployments.