|

|
New Tracking Frontier: Your License PlatesBY JULIA ANGWIN AND JENNIFER VALENTINO-DEVRIES

For more than two years, the police in San Leandro, Calif., photographed Mike Katz-Lacabe's Toyota Tercel almost weekly. They have shots of it cruising along Estudillo Avenue near the library, parked at his friend's house and near a coffee shop he likes. In one case, they snapped a photo of him and his two daughters getting out of a car in his driveway.
Mr. Katz-Lacabe isn't charged with, or suspected of, any crime. Local police are tracking his vehicle automatically, using cameras mounted on a patrol car that record every nearby vehicle—license plate, time and location.
Read more
|
Latest Big Brother/Orwellian - VP Joe Biden Believes There's 'No Legal Reason' The Government Can't Slap A Sin Tax On 'Violent Media' - College Students Petition to Ban Black Backpacks After Boston Bombing - State Department orders firm to remove 3D-printed guns web blueprints - CNN: Will 3D Printers Make It Easier For Terrorist Operate Gun Factories In Their Homes? - Are all telephone calls recorded and accessible to the US government? - ICE Starts Raiding Mobile Phone Repair Shops To Stop Repairs With Aftermarket Parts - DOJ Wants To Be Able To Fine Tech Companies Who Don't Let It Wiretap Your Communications - CPS Takes Baby After Mom Asks For Second Opinion From Doctor
|
FAIR USE NOTICE
|
|
This site contains copyrighted material the use of which in some cases has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is made available for the purposes of news reporting, education, research, comment, and criticism, which constitutes a 'fair use' of such copyrighted material in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (found at the U.S. Copyright Office) and other applicable intellectual property laws. It is our policy to remove material from public view that we believe in good faith to be copyrighted material that has been illegally copied and distributed by any of our members or users.
|
|
About Us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy |
|
|