GTA 5 Mod Adds Flock Surveillance Cameras So Players Can Blow Them Up
Flock automated license plate-reading cameras are rapidly popping up all over the US. In some areas, they’re also going down pretty quick, too.
Widespread opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has highlighted their inaccuracies and potential for abuse by authorities. A movement to “deflock” cities includes everything from canceling municipal contracts to covering cameras with trash bags and various forms of physical vandalism.
Now, if you’re cruising through the fictional town of Los Santos (modeled after Los Angeles) in a new Grand Theft Auto 5 “mod,” you could be tracked by any of the 235 Flock cameras there. But you can also cash in $600 for each one you shoot down.
The mod (a custom addition to the game) is called Grand Theft Automated License Plate Reader. Morry Kolman, the mod’s creator, said the in-game Flock cameras are based on “custom-built” 3D models, which subject players to “seemingly...
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