【日米軍事】米海軍の空母配備から53年 「これ以上の一体化は皆さんの命にかかわる」 横須賀月例デモ600回 自衛官に直接呼びかけも=木元茂夫(「すべての基地に「NO!」を・ファイト神奈川」) 

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                       横須賀に米海軍の空母が配備されたのはベトナム戦争末期の1973年のことだ。「両3年の間」のはずだった配備は、いつの間にか53年と半世紀を超えた。非核市民宣言運動ヨコスカの新倉裕史さん=写真=は「空母ミッドウェイが入港してしばらくしたら街は静かになってしまった。これは何かやらなければと思いました」と、月例デモを始めた動機を語った。               居並ぶ米海軍のミサイル駆逐艦ベトナム戦争終結翌年から ベトナム戦争終結の翌..
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Traffic Violation! License Plate Reader Mission Creep Is Already Here

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A new report from 404 Media sheds light on how automated license plate readers (ALPRs) could be used beyond the press releases and glossy marketing materials put out by law enforcement agencies and ALPR vendors. In December 2025, Georgia State Patrol ticketed a motorcyclist for holding a cell phone in his hand. According to the report, the ticket read, “CAPTURED ON FLOCK CAMERA 31 MM 1 HOLDING PHONE IN LEFT HAND.” 

If you’re thinking that this sounds outside of the scope of what ALPRs are supposed to do, you’re right. In November 2025, Flock Safety, the maker of the ALPR in question, wrote a post about how they definitely are in compliance with the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In this post, which highlighted what ALPRs are and what they are not, the company writes: “What it is not: Flock ALPR does not perform facial recognition, does not store biometrics, cannot be queried to find people, and is not used to enforce traffic violations.” (emphasis added)

Well, apparently their customers never got the memo and apparently the technology’s design does not explicitly prevent behavior the company officially and publicly disavows. 

Or at least this used to be the case: Flock now lists six different companies providing traffic enforcement technology on its “Partner program”  site. Public records also show that speed enforcement cameras have been connected to Flock's ALPR network. 

EFF and other privacy advocates have long warned about mission creep when it comes to surveillance infrastructure. Police often swear that a piece of technology will only be used in a particular set of circumstances or to fight only the most serious crimes only to utilize it to fight petty crimes or watch protests.  

We continue to urge cities, states, and even companies to end their relationship with Flock Safety because of the incompatibility between the mass surveillance it enables and its inability to protect civil liberties—including preventing mission creep.

Matthew Guariglia