Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬14h ago
New #Surveillance Tech Just Dropped That'll Help Cops Track More Than Just Your #LicensePlate
Like #ALPR, you can't "opt out." Devices are known as #SignalTrace, or more specifically #ELSAG SignalTrace, which looks to retrieve data from electronic devices like your phone, smartwatches, wireless devices, cars, even air tags. The purpose of this device is, used in tandem with ALPRs, to help pair devices read from Bluetooth, RFID, and Wi-Fi, with your car and license plate
https://www.jalopnik.com/2191765/new-surveillance-tech-pairs-your-license-plate-phone-bluetooth-devices/
New Surveillance Tech Just Dropped That'll Help Cops Track More Than Just Your License Plate - Jalopnik

Private companies using smartphone data, RFID chips, and vehicle information to create an "electronic signature" is the next step in tracking your movements.

Jalopnik
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬2d ago
#Flock Leaked #Cops’ #LicensePlate Searches via DuckDuckGo, Bing
Flock, automatic license plate reader (#ALPR) company, exposed some of the license plate cops were looking for and the reason for doing so.
News marks an unusual #databreach, and shows that sometimes #surveillance tech can leak data in unexpected ways.
Flock’s cameras, continually scan plate, brand, model, color and some other identifying features of vehicles that drive past.
https://www.404media.co/flock-leaked-cops-license-plate-searches-via-duckduckgo-bing/
https://archive.ph/9V3oW
#privacy
Flock Leaked Cops’ License Plate Searches via DuckDuckGo, Bing

Flock, the automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company, exposed some of the license plate cops were looking for and the reason for doing so.

404 Media
PrivacyDigest2d ago

Mapping Every #Flock #LicensePlate Reader Near US #WorldCup Stadiums

Most US World Cup stadiums are surrounded by #surveillance cameras. Want to know if you’re being watched on your way to a match? These maps will help you.
#privacy #security

https://www.wired.com/story/us-world-cup-2026-alpr-camera-stadiums/

Mapping Every Flock License Plate Reader Near US World Cup Stadiums

Most US World Cup stadiums are surrounded by surveillance cameras. Want to know if you’re being watched on your way to a match? These maps will help you.

WIRED
PrivacyDigest2d ago

#Flock #Leaked Cops’ #LicensePlate Searches via #DuckDuckGo , #Bing

Automatic license plate reader (#ALPR) company Flock exposed the reasons cops conducted searches, and sometimes the specific searched license plates, in common search engines like DuckDuckGo and Bing, according to tests by #privacy advocates and 404 Media and a statement from the company.

https://www.404media.co/flock-leaked-cops-license-plate-searches-via-duckduckgo-bing/

Flock Leaked Cops’ License Plate Searches via DuckDuckGo, Bing

Flock, the automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company, exposed some of the license plate cops were looking for and the reason for doing so.

404 Media
Script Kiddie3d ago

#Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using #Flock to #Stalk #People

source: 404media.co/cops-keep-getting-…

The known cases of #police #stalking are almost certainly a vast underreporting of the overall #abuse, because they largely include only cases in which the behavior was so egregious that it led to police officers being fired, arrested, or both.

#news #crime #surveillance #cctv #licenseplate #location #search #technology #software #ethics #policestate #politics #justice #fail #system #matrix #tracking #authority #power #problem #society #privacy #surveillance #bigbrother #orwell #dystopia #freedom #cop #economy #video #camera
RE: 404media.co/.ghost/activitypub…

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬3d ago
#Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using #Flock to #Stalk People
There have been over a dozen cases around #US where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk
Cases highlight fact that Flock can be used to track whereabouts of individual people, #police do not get a #warrant in order to use system, and that, if they have access to the system, they have technical ability to look up any #licenseplate they want for any reason they want
https://www.404media.co/cops-keep-getting-arrested-for-using-flock-to-stalk-people/
https://archive.ph/l5KcH #privacy
Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People

There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.

404 Media
PrivacyDigest4d ago

This Company Will Add #Phone , #AirPod , and #Smartwatch #Trackers to #LicensePlate Readers

A #surveillance company plans to add #sensors to automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) that would mean the devices, as well as capture the license plate of passing vehicles, would also sweep up unique identifiers of mobile phones, wearables, and other Bluetooth-enabled devices in those cars, potentially letting law enforcement identify specific drivers or passengers.

The technology, called #SignalTrace , would turn #ALPR #cameras from devices focused on #tracking cars to ones that can more readily track the location of particular people. ALPR cameras have become a commonly deployed technology all across the U.S.; SignalTrace would make some of those cameras capable of collecting much more data.
#privacy #security

https://www.404media.co/this-company-will-add-phone-airpod-and-smartwatch-trackers-to-license-plate-readers/

This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers

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.

404 Media
Sean MurthyJun 6

No way. 🫨🚗

(actual license plate seen today; obscured for privacy)

#DonJunior #licenseplate #cars #funny

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Via #LLRX Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, 5/23/26 - Five highlights from this week: #OpenAI Shared Your #Chats with #Meta & #Google, #Lawsuit Claims; #FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to #LicensePlate Readers; #YouTube Opens AI Deepfake Detection Tool to All #Adult Users; Lawmakers warn #data #protection rules don’t protect key sites; and Google’s Spam Policies Now Apply to Attempts to Manipulate #AI. #cybercrime #privacy #cybersecurity https://www.llrx.com/2026/05/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-may-23-2026/