GTA Mod Lets Players Experience Flock Camera Surveillance

A new Grand Theft Auto V mod has added 235 simulated Flock surveillance cameras to Los Santos, giving players a new source of police attention and something else to blow up.

The mod, created by WTTDOTM, is called the Grand Theft Automated License Plate Reader. It adds cameras that photograph and track players and report in-game offenses to police. Players can destroy the devices throughout the fictional city and save the footage to share online.

Flock Safety's automated license plate readers record vehicle plates and identifying details, giving police the ability to search those records to investigate crimes, recover stolen vehicles, and locate missing people. However, critics point to rampant police misuse of the data, on top of the apparent privacy concerns such technology raises.