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fromKqed
3 days agoPrivacy Advocates Have Growing Concerns Over Use Of Automated License-Plate Readers | KQED
Widespread ALPR deployment in California threatens privacy and civil liberties by enabling federal enforcement targeting immigrants and people seeking abortion or gender-related healthcare.
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 week agoProcurement Power-When Cities Realized They Can Just Say No: 2025 in Review
In 2025, elected officials across the country began treating surveillance technology purchases differently: not as inevitable administrative procurements handled by police departments, but as political decisions subject to council oversight and constituent pressure. This shift proved to be the most effective anti-surveillance strategy of the year. Since February, at least 23 jurisdictions fully ended, cancelled, or rejected Flock Safety ALPR programs (including , , , Hays County , , Eugene, Springfield , and ) by recognizing surveillance procurement as political power, not administrative routine.
Privacy technologies
fromSecuritymagazine
1 month agoThe Evolving Role of VMS in Connected Cities
Cities worldwide are adopting new technologies to improve quality of life and safety. By integrating data from connected systems, sensors and devices, 'smart cities' better understand how municipal resources are used and where problems arise. An example of this is the changing role of video management systems. Over the years, law enforcement agencies have pushed to install more cameras in high-traffic areas and develop real time crime centers to support more proactive interventions. Now cities are beginning to recognize the value of these cameras and analytics to solve municipal problems as well.
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Privacy technologies
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 month agoHow to Identify Automated License Plate Readers at the U.S.-Mexico Border
CBP, DEA, and many state and local agencies deploy extensive ALPR networks—including land ports, interior checkpoints, parallel DEA systems, vendor-specific units, and covert cameras—across the US-Mexico borderlands.
Privacy technologies
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 month agoLawsuit Challenges San Jose's Warrantless ALPR Mass Surveillance
San Jose Police perform warrantless searches of automated license plate reader databases, collecting and retaining millions of drivers' location records, violating California constitutional privacy protections.
Privacy professionals
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
3 months agoHow Meta Is Censoring Abortion | EFFector 37.13
ALPR-enabled police drones, First Amendment challenges to a TikTok ban, privacy protections for abandoned phones, and findings on abortion-related social media censorship are central digital rights concerns.
Privacy professionals
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
3 months agoEFF, ACLU to SFPD: Stop Illegally Sharing Data With ICE and Anti-Abortion States
San Francisco Police Department shared ALPR data with out-of-state and federal agencies, violating California law and endangering immigrants, abortion seekers, and drivers' privacy.
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