YouTuber Builds His Own License Plate Camera, Then Police Visit His Home
Sistilli turned the surveillance camera back on the police and drew a home visit, which is the same power imbalance a Texas city council member described when 459 outside agencies were found searching one town's Flock Safety data.
Reporting from 1 source: GIGAZINE.
Software engineer and YouTuber Anthony Sistilli built a homemade license plate recognition camera in Brampton, Ontario, after his city spent 2 million Canadian dollars on high-resolution cameras and ALPR. He tracked police cars with it and posted videos on TikTok. Local police visited his home and asked about the intent of the data. One officer said people could know where officers are, their working hours, and what they do during the day.
Anthony Sistilli, a software engineer and YouTuber, built his own automatic license plate recognition camera after his home city of Brampton, Ontario, spent 2 million Canadian dollars on high-resolution cameras and ALPR. He pointed it at police cars and posted videos explaining the build and how it works. Local police then came to his home and asked what he intended to do with the data he had collected.
His own investigation into why the cameras keep spreading led him to Jonathan Kauffman, a city council member in Hurgerville, Texas, where Flock Safety cameras were removed. A citizen request about police searches there turned up searches from 459 other agencies.
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