y concerns trigger pushback

The other side:

The ACLU of Georgia called the incidents a critical wakeup call regarding constitutional protections and tracking limits. Christopher Bruce of the ACLU of Georgia said,  Jeopardizing your civil rights and civil liberties is never just an unfortunate event. You have constitutional rights, especially a right to privacy. And the question is who polices the police? 

Information security analyst Peter Tran noted that the network relies heavily on automated data collection.

 It uses AI,  Tran said.

Tran said many are uneased by the logging searchable personal data into a nationwide database.

 It becomes a privacy and security issue. So, you're whereabouts where you shopped, your name, your address,  he said.

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The blowback has prompted dozens of U.S. communities to end their contracts.

Videos have circulated on social media instructing people how to tear them down or disable them.

In Barrow County, the sheriff said three Flock cameras were recently damaged there.

The sheriff said damage to the devices could be considered a felony.