A Flock Safety license-plate reading camera mounted on a pole along State Road in Rehoboth Beach
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The Supreme Court Said Your Phone Reveals Too Much of Your Life to Track Without a Warrant. Privacy Advocates Say Flock’s Cameras Do the Same to Your Car

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A legal fight over automated license plate readers is testing whether the privacy protections courts have extended to smartphones should also cover the movements of your car.

The Supreme Court has said your phone reveals too much of your life to track without a warrant. Privacy advocates argue that Flock’s cameras do the same thing to your car.

A single camera catches your plate for a second. But a network of them can map where you live, work, worship, and vote.

That’s the argument now heading to a federal appeals court.

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