[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-florida-orders-license-plate-readers-off-state-highways":10,"sections":41},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":36,"feedback":40,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":40,"total_tokens":40},5955,"florida-orders-license-plate-readers-off-state-highways","Florida Orders License Plate Readers Off State Highways","Florida's DOT is revoking all license plate reader permits, citing misuse and privacy concerns, and giving operators 30 days to clear state highways.","Florida just gave automated license plate readers 30 days to disappear from its highways.\n\nFlorida's Department of Transportation issued a memo this week revoking permits for every license plate reader on state highways, including cameras from Flock Safety. The agency says the devices must come down within 30 days, and it is no longer accepting new permit requests. Its stated reason: a \"recent exponential increase in deployments,\" combined with \"concerning reports of misuse, data privacy concerns, and surveillance schemes.\" NBC News and WUSF first reported on the memo.\n\nMost pushback on plate readers ends with new guidelines or an audit, not a hard ban. Florida's DOT skipped that step, revoking every existing highway permit and freezing future ones in a single move. The order only covers state highways, so cameras on local roads and private property are untouched, but it cuts off access to some of the state's busiest travel corridors and gives real weight to complaints about misuse that regulators usually leave vague.\n\nWhether this turns into a one-state blip or the start of a wider rollback probably depends on how many other state transportation departments follow Florida's lead in the coming months.","[\"license plate readers\",\"flock safety\",\"florida\",\"surveillance\"]","2026-09-01T13:17:36.000Z","2026-09-01T13:51:00.203Z","2026-09-01T13:51:12.085Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"The claim that 'reporting elsewhere has repeatedly shown police tapping Flock's shared, cross-jurisdiction database for searches that have nothing to do with an active investigation' is an unattributed factual assertion — cite the specific outlet(s)\u002Freports and examples, or cut the claim.","resolved","policy",[32,33,34,35],"license plate readers","flock safety","florida","surveillance",[37],{"name":38,"url":39},"The Verge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002Ftech\u002F987353\u002Fflorida-flock-cam-ban-state-highways",0,{"sections":42},[43,48,53,57,62,67,72,77,82,87,92,97,102,107],{"name":44,"slug":45,"count":46,"latest_published_at":47},"AI","ai",3360,"2026-09-01T20:00:00.000Z",{"name":49,"slug":50,"count":51,"latest_published_at":52},"Security","security",517,"2026-09-01T21:20:00.000Z",{"name":54,"slug":30,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Policy",260,"2026-09-01T18:19:26.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":64,"count":65,"latest_published_at":66},"Hardware","hardware",151,"2026-09-01T14:42:22.000Z",{"name":68,"slug":69,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",95,"2026-08-18T16:05:00.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":74,"count":75,"latest_published_at":76},"Science","science",91,"2026-08-20T10:01:48.000Z",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Software","software",73,"2026-08-18T07:51:50.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":86},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",69,"2026-08-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":88,"slug":89,"count":90,"latest_published_at":91},"Startups","startups",52,"2026-08-25T18:55:12.000Z",{"name":93,"slug":94,"count":95,"latest_published_at":96},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":98,"slug":99,"count":100,"latest_published_at":101},"General","general",34,"2026-09-01T13:28:43.000Z",{"name":103,"slug":104,"count":105,"latest_published_at":106},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":108,"slug":109,"count":110,"latest_published_at":111},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]