ATF cancels phone tracking contract after lawmakers raise concerns

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has canceled its contract for a surveillance tool that allows ...

Supreme Court ruling guts government’s use of geofence warrants

The Fourth Amendment protects a user’s “location history,” the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The same logic already applied to ...

New License Plate Reader Tech Could Track Phones, AirPods, and Smartwatches

Leonardo’s SignalTrace adds wireless device detection to ALPR systems, raising new questions about roadside surveillance, ...

Vermont lawmakers tried to curb license plate surveillance. Police found a way around it.

State lawmakers clamped down on the use of automatic cameras to track vehicles by their license plates years ago, and Vermont ...
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Missouri and Kansas police use cameras to track license plates, but residents resist surveillance

With an estimated 94,000 automated license plate readers in America, police and federal agents can almost track your ...
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