#Kansas Town Uses #LicensePlateReaders to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed

Police in #Lenexa , Kansas used automated license plate reader ( #ALPR ) technology to pursue a man who wrote a critical op-ed about the police department, according to reporting by Kansas public radio station #KCUR. This is a rare public example of exactly the kind of #abuse that we’ve long warned against when it comes to mass-surveillance systems like #licenseplate readers.
#surveillance #privacy

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/alpr-against-op-ed-writer

#Kansas Town Uses #LicensePlateReaders to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed

Police in #Lenexa , Kansas used automated license plate reader ( #ALPR ) technology to pursue a man who wrote a critical op-ed about the police department, according to reporting by Kansas public radio station #KCUR. This is a rare public example of exactly the kind of #abuse that we’ve long warned against when it comes to mass-surveillance systems like #licenseplate readers.
#surveillance #privacy

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/alpr-against-op-ed-writer

Senators Push for Answers on ICE's #Surveillance Shopping Spree

letter touches on many of the surveillance tech & companies that 404 has been writing about in recent months, including #Flock license plate readers, Penlink #socialMedia & location data monitoring, #Clearview AI’s #facialRecognition tech, #Paragon Solutions’ phone #hacking tech, as well as other social media scanning & #biometric collection DBs used by DHS in #Trump #immigration crackdown.
#privacy #alpr

https://www.404media.co/senators-push-for-answers-on-ices-surveillance-shopping-spree/

Senators Push for Answers on ICE's #Surveillance Shopping Spree

letter touches on many of the surveillance tech & companies that 404 has been writing about in recent months, including #Flock license plate readers, Penlink #socialMedia & location data monitoring, #Clearview AI’s #facialRecognition tech, #Paragon Solutions’ phone #hacking tech, as well as other social media scanning & #biometric collection DBs used by DHS in #Trump #immigration crackdown.
#privacy #alpr

https://www.404media.co/senators-push-for-answers-on-ices-surveillance-shopping-spree/