#license-plate-readers

A surveillance company is adding Bluetooth and Wi-Fi sensors to license plate readers to capture unique identifiers from phones, AirPods, and smartwatches, enabling law enforcement to track individuals more precisely.

Some U.S. cities are covering Flock license plate reader cameras with trash bags as they try to exit surveillance arrangements they can’t easily shut down on demand.

Procurement records reviewed by 404 Media indicate the FBI wants nationwide access to automated license plate reader systems, a move that could significantly expand federal vehicle-tracking capacity and intensify privacy

A technology policy researcher argues that the spread of AI-enabled camera systems across US cities is creating mass-surveillance capacity without meaningful national legal limits on how the data can be used.

More than two dozen advocacy organizations have called on Governor Gavin Newsom to investigate and dismantle a network of approximately 40 hidden license plate readers in Southern California that funnel driver data into a federal predictive intelligence program monitoring millions of Americans' travel patterns.