More Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them: survey

调查显示：反对警方使用车牌识别摄像头的美国人多于支持者

The growing backlash against surveillance companies like Flock may have reached a tipping point. A new survey has found that more Americans oppose these surveillance cameras than support them. 针对 Flock 等监控公司的抵制浪潮可能已达到临界点。一项新的调查发现，反对这些监控摄像头的美国人多于支持者。

According to a new YouGov survey of 20,000 people across the U.S. that was shared exclusively with The Washington Post, 46% of respondents opposed the company’s surveillance cameras in their communities, while 38% supported them. This is a reversal from last year, when the majority of survey respondents said they were in favor. 根据 YouGov 对全美 2 万人进行的一项新调查（该调查独家分享给了《华盛顿邮报》），46% 的受访者反对在其社区安装该公司的监控摄像头，而支持者为 38%。这与去年的情况发生了逆转，当时大多数受访者表示支持。

Flock is one of the more visible surveillance companies, operating more than 120,000 license plate readers across the U.S. that can track the whereabouts of vehicles. The company has been embroiled in controversy following reports of police abusing the cameras’ surveillance, which resulted in dozens of U.S. communities rejecting Flock’s cameras or canceling their contracts amid privacy concerns. Flock 是目前知名度较高的监控公司之一，在美国各地运营着超过 12 万台车牌识别设备，可以追踪车辆的行踪。由于有报道称警方滥用这些摄像头的监控功能，该公司陷入了争议，导致美国数十个社区因隐私担忧而拒绝安装 Flock 的摄像头或取消了合同。

The survey also reported that more respondents said the surveillance would not make them feel any safer. When reached by TechCrunch, Flock claimed there was wide support for its surveillance technology, but acknowledged that “support isn’t unconditional,” and touted the rollout of its recent safeguards. 调查还显示，更多的受访者表示，这种监控并不会让他们感到更安全。当 TechCrunch 联系 Flock 时，该公司声称其监控技术得到了广泛支持，但也承认“支持并非无条件的”，并宣传了其近期推出的安全保障措施。

Critics, like the ACLU, have said the company’s new safeguards amount to little, and Flock remains a major threat to civil liberties. Amid the intensifying backlash, Flock CEO Garrett Langley last week called for a “compromise” between surveillance and privacy, following a rise in vandalism targeting Flock cameras. 美国公民自由联盟（ACLU）等批评人士表示，该公司的新保障措施作用甚微，Flock 仍然是对公民自由的重大威胁。在抵制浪潮日益高涨的背景下，继针对 Flock 摄像头的破坏行为增加后，Flock 首席执行官 Garrett Langley 上周呼吁在监控与隐私之间寻求“妥协”。