--- title: Schneier on Security | daily.dev description: A writer was wrongly tracked and arrested after Flock's license plate recognition system matched a partial plate (34 DTM) to his vehicle (34 10 DTM), flagging... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/schneier-on-security-in7yriwhl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Schneier on Security | daily.dev og:description: A writer was wrongly tracked and arrested after Flock's license plate recognition system matched a partial plate (34 DTM) to his vehicle (34 10 DTM), flagging... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/schneier-on-security-in7yriwhl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iN7YriwhL.png og:image:alt: Schneier on Security og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Schneier on Security **[Schneier on Security](https://daily.dev/sources/schneier)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A writer was wrongly tracked and arrested after Flock's license plate recognition system matched a partial plate (34 DTM) to his vehicle (34 10 DTM), flagging it as stolen. Flock defended its ML system as working as designed, placing blame on how police entered the plate data. The incident exposed a systemic flaw: any vehicle with the same alphanumeric plate structure (34 ## DTM) in JLR's media fleet was being flagged nationwide. Additional reporting reveals police are also using Flock cameras to search for people by physical description, race, and political affiliation — not just vehicles — and that database abuses have been documented. Flock's CEO separately apologized for previously calling privacy advocates 'terrorists.' ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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