License Plate Cameras Expand Surveillance to Track Personal Devices via Wireless Fingerprints
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Rob Stumpf
Summary
Automated license plate recognition systems are expanding beyond tracking vehicles. Leonardo's new SignalTrace technology enables license plate cameras to also track personal devices like smartphones and wearables by detecting their unique wireless fingerprints (MAC addresses, Bluetooth signals). Privacy advocates at the Electronic Frontier Foundation warn this represents a significant escalation in surveillance capabilities that erodes civil liberties, as individuals can now be tracked even when not in a vehicle.
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· 3 pulledAutomated license plate recognition systems have gotten a lot of flack from privacy activists in the United States recently—and rightfully so, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation which argues that these systems erode basic civil liberties.
As it turns out, tracking your license plate is just the start.
Leonardo's SignalTrace system is coming to track the unique fingerprints that your other daily carry devices invisibly broadcast.
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