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Residents raise security and privacy concerns about Ridgecrest’s license‑plate camera system
Summary
Multiple residents urged the Ridgecrest City Council to investigate security flaws and privacy risks in the city’s Flock (license‑plate) camera system, citing a white paper that alleges device and cloud vulnerabilities and long retention of personally identifiable data.
Several Ridgecrest residents urged the City Council on Nov. 19 to halt or reassess its use of automated vehicle‑surveillance cameras, arguing the system poses privacy and security risks.
At a public‑comment period, Mike Licitra told the council that roughly two dozen city and private cameras around Ridgecrest capture many images per vehicle and that the system’s cloud database stores license‑plate reads and vehicle identifiers. “These cameras take several pictures of every single vehicle that passes them by, run those…
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