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Written by 404 Media on 2025-01-07 at 17:20

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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Written by Happy Jack Smooches on 2025-01-07 at 19:37

@404mediaco Not a bug but a feature.

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Written by Mark Rosario on 2025-01-07 at 22:44

@404mediaco Holy Shit!

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Written by Loafer on 2025-01-08 at 05:42

@404mediaco So was Flipper involved? I feel like Flipper was somehow involved.

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Written by PedestrianError :vbus: :nblvt: on 2025-01-08 at 07:58

@404mediaco As much as I hate reckless drivers who endanger pedestrians, bicyclists, and other motorists and block buses, nothing justifies giving police more surveillance tools. They will always be both misused and used incompetently, creating far more problems than they can possibly solve.

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