Automated license plate readers create significant surveillance risks. One incident involved mistaken identity and wrongful arrest using Flock camera data, while another describes SignalTrace, which correlates multiple devices to tracked vehicles.
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A recent story of a writer who was mistakenly identified, tracked, and arrested using data from Flock cameras has gone viral. The New Jersey plates that were allegedly stolen from the LA dealer were 34 03 DTM , not 34 10 DTM . But when the police report was created and the plate was entered into Flock’s system, it was just recorded as 34 DTM . Just the five large characters, no little number in th
privacy nightmare: SignalTrace “links devices that regularly travel together, correlating them to license plate” It is a surveillance product that will sweep up and add all sorts of Bluetooth and other data to license plate readers, linking specific devices—and people—to cars A company has developed new tech that enables license plate cameras to track the gadgets you have in your pocket alongside