Science & Tech · Cybersecurity · 11 hrs ago
Canadian YouTuber builds camera to track police vehicles
Anthony Sistilli, a Canadian software engineer and YouTuber, built an automatic license plate recognition camera designed to track police vehicles.
He said two police officers came to his home on September 20 and asked about his intentions.
Sistilli described the visit in a video posted on October 7.
The technology reads vehicle license plates, and police forces have used it to track ordinary citizens.
The visit raised questions about privacy and surveillance, concerns that also apply to the public use of these cameras.
Flock Safety, a US company, says its network has more than 120,000 cameras across 49 states and records billions of vehicle scans each month.
The account does not say what happened after the officers’ visit.
Canadian software engineer and YouTuber Anthony Sistilli built an automatic license plate recognition camera designed to track police vehicles.
Two police officers visited his home on September 20 to ask about the device and his intentions.
Sistilli said the officers’ concerns echoed privacy concerns about widespread license plate surveillance.
The camera uses technology also used by law enforcement to track vehicles.
Flock Safety says its network has more than 120,000 cameras across 49 U.S. states.
- Who
- Anthony Sistilli, a Canadian software engineer and YouTuber, built the camera. Two police officers visited him.
- What
- He built an automatic license plate recognition camera specifically to track police cars.
- When
- The officers visited on September 20. Sistilli discussed the visit in a video posted on October 7.
- Where
- Canada. The article does not state the city or province.
- Why
- Sistilli said the officers asked about his intentions. He said their concerns echoed public privacy concerns about surveillance.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
No direct quotes in the coverage so far.
Two police officers visited Sistilli’s home and asked about the camera and his intentions.
Sistilli posted a video discussing the officers’ visit.
Tom’s Hardware published its article about the camera and the visit.
- Builder
- Anthony Sistilli
- Device
- Automatic license plate recognition camera designed to track police cars
- Police visit
- September 20
- Video posted
- October 7
- Flock Safety network
- More than 120,000 cameras across 49 U.S. states
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