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Bill would ban bumper sticker tracking by license plate cameras

Rep. Pat Harrigan's bill would require warrants for license plate camera searches and delete records within twenty-four hours; the cameras, for now, remain unembarrassed.

On air: Hank Ledger on Weekend Edition
Published 8:36 AM ET, Saturday, October 17, 2026

At a glance

First reported by Fox News: “Your bumper sticker could help Flock cameras track where you go — new bill aims to stop it”.
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 8:36 AM ET on Weekend Edition, by Hank Ledger.
Topics: Flock.
BBN covered this story before: Flock CEO defends surveillance tech; Panettiere 911 call released (October 14).

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Fox NewsYour bumper sticker could help Flock cameras track where you go — new bill aims to stop it

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA congressman, Pat Harrigan, has a bill that would require a warrant to search license plate camera data, and ban tracking political or religious bumper stickers.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWith us is a source familiar with the matter, speaking anonymously from a parking garage.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhere exactly are you, and what is cooking in the building around you?
Zbigniew TarkingtonI can't confirm a garage. Level three. Near the stairwell, which smells like soup.
Zbigniew TarkingtonI'd put it around one hundred and eighty degrees, if you want a number.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe bill says police would need a warrant and records would be deleted within twenty-four hours. Is that a lot to ask of a camera?
Zbigniew TarkingtonI can't confirm what a camera can do. It's a small gray box, and it blinks twice, and I've said too much.
Zbigniew TarkingtonIs this line secure?
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwice.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe bill also bans logging stickers, political or religious.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo somebody built a system that could sort drivers by their bumpers, and Congress now has to ask it to stop.
Zbigniew TarkingtonI can't confirm that anyone sorted anything. But if they did, my ticket says validated, and I'd like that noted.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSir, the exit of that garage reads license plates. You drove in.
Zbigniew TarkingtonDoes the ticket count as a warrant?