Resident urges Brazos County to review ALPR contracts over OSINT concerns
Ivan Spruczyk urged commissioners to re-evaluate local ALPR (automatic license-plate reader) contracts, saying vendors can combine plate feeds with open‑source intelligence (OSINT) including social media and breached data; he asked the court to schedule contract review and cancel any mass‑surveillance services.
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At the start of public comment, Ivan Spruczyk of Brazos Precinct 2 told the court he was concerned about automatic license‑plate reader (ALPR) networks and associated open‑source intelligence, or OSINT. "Flock Safety and others compile and purchase OSINT as a sell‑on add‑on for ALPR data," Spruczyk said, warning those products can combine public records, social media and other harvested data to build extensive profiles of citizens.
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