"The ACLU of Massachusetts says the cameras - marketed as neighborhood safety tools - enable broad government surveillance by collecting data on everyone's movements, not just those suspected of wrongdoing."
"Kade Crockford, director of technology for the Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts, says government agencies, in this case working with private companies, are building massive databases to track people's movements across cities, states, and the nation. "That raises very serious constitutional questions," Crockford said."
"Chestnut Hill Realty did not say how many cameras it was installing. But, a statement from Jennifer Murphy, the chief operating officer for the company, said that while they haven't observed a "specific spike in crime" on their properties, they have seen an increase in package theft and retail theft at their nearby shopping center."
Chestnut Hill Realty is installing Flock license plate reader cameras along Independence Drive on the border of South Brookline and West Roxbury, citing increased package and retail theft. The cameras would be owned by Flock, funded by Chestnut Hill Realty, and accessible to the police under a proposed Memorandum of Understanding. The ACLU of Massachusetts warns that the cameras collect license plate data on all movements, enabling broad government surveillance and the creation of massive tracking databases. Company officials say the cameras will read plates, not perform facial recognition, and describe them as a deterrent to theft.
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