Hundreds of police license plate cameras are misconfigured to stream unencrypted to the open internet.
A privacy researcher took these streams and turned them into a real-time database that tracks car movements & information, highlighting how invasive this tech is
https://www.404media.co/researcher-turns-insecure-license-plate-cameras-into-open-source-surveillance-tool/
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@jasonkoebler@mastodon.social start posting publicly where politicians and the president drive to and it'll get fixed so fast
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@jasonkoebler the problem is, these streams will just be turned off, instead of removing the plate readers entirely. and people will be just fine with it.
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