That Camera at the Intersection Is Building a Searchable Map of Your Life
You probably did not consent to turning those trips into a searchable record. Yet a small camera near an intersection may have captured your license plate, vehicle details, location, and time. Multiply that by cameras across a city, then connect the searches across jurisdictions, and an ordinary drive stops looking ordinary.
- ▪You probably did not consent to turning those trips into a searchable record.
- ▪Yet a small camera near an intersection may have captured your license plate, vehicle details, location, and time.
- ▪Multiply that by cameras across a city, then connect the searches across jurisdictions, and an ordinary drive stops looking ordinary.
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