Nicholas Gluba
Role at the time: Libertarian Party of Iowa candidate for governor, in an emailed statement
Statement summary
In an emailed statement, Gluba said Flock, Axon and other license plate reader cameras violate community privacy and the Fourth Amendment and should be removed by law immediately. The statement says police and private citizens have abused the systems and cites reports of people using them to track former partners and children.
“They are a complete violation of community privacy and safety, they are in direct violation of the fourth amendment to the US constitution and should by law be removed immediately. They have been abused throughout the country by various LEOs and citizens alike as they have little to no security in their software. Every other day we see a new article about someone using a LPR camera system to spy on and track an ex girlfriend or boyfriend, or we see that someone has again used them to track children. They must be removed!”
Read the full email
The public comment and stance for Nicholas Gluba on FLOCK cameras, or AXON, any of the LPRs is, "They are a complete violation of community privacy and safety, they are in direct violation of the fourth amendment to the US constitution and should by law be removed immediately. They have been abused throughout the country by various LEOs and citizens alike as they have little to no security in their software. Every other day we see a new article about someone using a LPR camera system to spy on and track an ex girlfriend or boyfriend, or we see that someone has again used them to track children. They must be removed!"
Nicholas Gluba sent this statement in reply to a Dispute Index request for comment, from an address on lpia.org, the Libertarian Party of Iowa's domain. The Gluba for Iowa campaign's Facebook page lists the same address for contact. The link is to the Gluba for Iowa campaign website.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Relative to whether networked license-plate surveillance should exist, Gluba calls license plate cameras a violation of community privacy and the Fourth Amendment and says they should be removed by law immediately, so we labeled it Condemned. On the remedy ladder this is Ban or remove, the strongest step the statement names.