Companies like Flock that started out with just ALPRs are expanding to collect SIGINT data harvested by Bluetooth sensors at traffic lights.
This technology allows ALPRs to collect information the devices inside your car (what phone, fitness tracker, headphones, etc.). So now, the enforcement agencies using this tech will be able to tell exactly who is in the car based on unique device combinations.
While there are already cases of this data being abused by ex-partners and stalkers, we are overlook the abuse that can be done by this growing surveillance apparatus. What about the harm that can be done to journalists, activists, immigrants, or protestors when their movements are logged and reported to enforcement agencies?
Companies like Palantir already provide governments with information on our online activities, search history, sites visited, stuff like that, so the expansion of this monitoring just makes me feel uneasy.
This technology allows ALPRs to collect information the devices inside your car (what phone, fitness tracker, headphones, etc.). So now, the enforcement agencies using this tech will be able to tell exactly who is in the car based on unique device combinations.
While there are already cases of this data being abused by ex-partners and stalkers, we are overlook the abuse that can be done by this growing surveillance apparatus. What about the harm that can be done to journalists, activists, immigrants, or protestors when their movements are logged and reported to enforcement agencies?
Companies like Palantir already provide governments with information on our online activities, search history, sites visited, stuff like that, so the expansion of this monitoring just makes me feel uneasy.