How Cameras Can Track Every Car in the U.S., and Iran’s Catch-22
The episode explores the rapid expansion of Flock, a company deploying automated license plate readers across the U.S., and the growing public backlash over privacy, surveillance, and misuse of the technology. It also touches on geopolitical developments in Israel and Iran, congressional
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