How Do We Put the Brakes on Flock and License Plate Readers?
There is burgeoning and justified nationwide outrage over automatic license plate readers, or ALPRs. These ubiquitous and invasive devices are singlehandedly destroying any notion we may have of personal privacy. ALPRs capture the movements of millions of innocent New Yorkers every day. They build detailed location records, revealing where we go to work, whom we meet, which health care providers we visit, which places of worship we frequent, and which protests we attend.
On this episode, we talk to two experts about how license plate readers work, what makes them so dangerous, and about state…
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