This is good news, and gotdamn I’ll take my wins where I can get 'em, but just to clarify, its a victory with caveats:

• A warrant or probable cause is enough to use ALPRs
• A subsequent Oklahoma legislative discussion over this matter did not put forth outlining repercussions for violating this new restriction.
• And likely most difficult of all, the 30-day history was what considered it a search. All Flock would need to do is decrease the history to a few days, which is still just as useful for most investigations, for it to not be considered a search. After writing this out, I learnt Flock already had plans to reduce to a 7-day window.

So again, this is a good thing despite these flaws. I’d rather have some limits than none at all, but keep pursuing this. The fight has always been about whether this tech should be allowed or not, not whether or not you need to look suspicious. I can’t help but feel that until a large case at the supreme court happens, our best route is still via legislative endeavors. While its scummy that politicians are only now addressing it when they’re around an election time, it’s still gaining traction nonetheless.

Real answer is likely that we’re so inundated with apps being a solution that most common people wouldn’t even think to use the website. Most people aren’t tech literate enough to know that their computer is still on, even when the screen goes black from inactivity. Same for phones. For this majority, the solution they’re presented with of the Microsoft Store is their go-to, and they don’t even know what an Operating System is.

I feel compelled to link this comic page here, even if most of us aren’t experts. I think it still applies: https://xkcd.com/2501/