license plate readers
Inside the DEA Tool Hackers Allegedly Used to Extort Targets
The DEA run "EPIC Portal" includes access to license plate reader information, drug seizures, intelligence reports, and more.
Tech Companies Want Schools to Use COVID Relief Money on Surveillance Tools
As schools reopen with billions in federal aid, surveillance vendors are hawking expensive tools like license plate readers and facial recognition.
CBP Bought 'Unlimited' Use of a Nationwide Tracking Database
A map and files obtained by Motherboard show Customs and Border Protection bought access to a license plate reader database that can locate vehicles far from the border region.
Customs and Border Protection Bought Access to Nationwide Car Tracking System
The move by CBP continues the trend of law enforcement buying access to data rather than gathering it themselves.
This Company Built a Private Surveillance Network. We Tracked Someone With It
Repo men are passively scanning and uploading the locations of every car they drive by into DRN, a surveillance database of 9 billion license plate scans accessible by private investigators.
Here Are Images of Drivers Hacked From a U.S. Border Protection Contractor
A license plate scanning company was hacked, and now thousands of images of drivers are on the dark web.
Hackers Breach Company That Makes License Plate Readers for U.S. Government
The hacker known as "Boris Bullet-Dodger" has published what appears to be internal data belonging to Perceptics, which provides license plate reader technology for the Mexico border.
This Isn’t a Google Streetview Car, It’s a Government Spy Truck
Officials won’t say why a government agency is posing as Google—or who that agency is.