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The Automatic License Plate Reader is watching you


http://www.ted.com/talks/catherine_crump_the_small_and_surprisingly_dangerous_detail_the_police_track_about_you

Catherine Crump: The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police track about youlicense plate reader

A very unsexy-sounding piece of technology could mean that the police know where you go, with whom, and when: the automatic license plate reader. These cameras are innocuously placed all across small-town America to catch known criminals, but as lawyer and TED Fellow Catherine Crump shows, the data they collect in aggregate could have disastrous consequences for everyone the world over.

http://youtu.be/mt4o-R9wzrs 

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