The Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures does not say that the government cannot search your house. Instead, it lays boundaries that officials are supposed to stay within to conduct such a search. It’s all built on the judicial premise of “innocent until proven guilty.”
Lately, Virginians are worried about surveillance on the roads known as “Flock cameras” (Flock is the brand name). These cameras are, according to the manufacturer’s marketing, “solar-powered, motion-activated, and infrastructure-free cameras which are used for license plate reading and can identify and categorize details of vehicles that pass by, including make, vehicle type, color, license plate, state of the plate, and unique features.”
The cameras are colloquially known as license plate readers.
Flock camera systems operate under contract with law…
