That fact that in the UK or China you are surveiled non-stop it does not mean Americans want the same to happen to them.

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bko 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Don't forget Belgium, Netherlands, sweden, Germany, France and many others!

Google national ANPR [country]

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fmobus 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Apples to oranges. Sure, there are ANPR systems in other countries, but they have to operate under very different regulations, and cannot collect information haphazardly like Flock.

Using your exact suggested query for Germany will quickly tell you that mass retention of ANPR data is illegal, and only matching against "targeted suspect databases" is acceptable. Even usages of the technology in private areas have to comply with data protection rules.

	▲	bko 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That's funny because ANPR systems are much looser in other countries including much longer retention. It helps that you don't have national newspapers printing negative articles around the technology every day!

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ExoticPearTree 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There is a difference between ANPR and what Flock does.

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bko 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Which is...

I like how you're so nuanced when I'm pretty sure you never heard the acronym ANPR before

	▲	ExoticPearTree 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You are right.

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shuwix 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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