Plates." The Wall Street Journal, October 2, 2012.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
New Tracking Frontier: Your License Plates
Angwin, Julia and Jennifer Valentino-Devries. "New Tracking Frontier: Your License
Plates." The Wall Street Journal, October 2, 2012.
From the article: "Until
recently it was far too expensive for police to track the locations of innocent
people such as Mr. Katz-Lacabe. But as surveillance technologies decline in
cost and grow in sophistication, police are rapidly adopting them. Private
companies are joining, too. At least two start-up companies, both founded by
"repo men"—specialists in repossessing cars or property from
deadbeats—are currently deploying camera-equipped cars nationwide to photograph
people's license plates, hoping to profit from the data they collect.
Plates." The Wall Street Journal, October 2, 2012.
From the article: "Until
recently it was far too expensive for police to track the locations of innocent
people such as Mr. Katz-Lacabe. But as surveillance technologies decline in
cost and grow in sophistication, police are rapidly adopting them. Private
companies are joining, too. At least two start-up companies, both founded by
"repo men"—specialists in repossessing cars or property from
deadbeats—are currently deploying camera-equipped cars nationwide to photograph
people's license plates, hoping to profit from the data they collect.
