A new kind of license-plate-reading camera will also scrape the smart devices you take with you, and wrap all that data in a nice little bow for law enforcement and the government.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48289957

Defense contractor Leonardo is promoting a new technology called SignalTrace that will package plate cameras with sensors that can scrape unique identifiers tied to your smart devices and make that data available to law enforcement.

Police, border security, and other government agencies already comprise Leonardo’s customer base, and with this technology, those clients seek to correlate footage from these cameras to phones, tablets, wearables, AirTags, and, naturally, the electronics inside cars themselves.

If SignalTrace can pick up your Bluetooth headphones, you can be sure it’ll also be looking out for your vehicle’s 5G hotspot, infotainment system, and even its tire pressure monitoring sensors. The company includes pet microchips as a potential entry point to tracking.

  • Chozo@fedia.io
    12·
    6 hours ago

    Be sure to remind your local street folk that each of those cameras contains at least 3 lbs of copper wiring.

      • zane@infosec.pub
        2·
        3 hours ago

        Let’s not be deceitful. Its about $100 dollars.

        Also a nice infrared camera, and a single board computer which is the real value here, just be sure to take out the GPS (can be reused in other things technically) and the LTE/SIM card(probably dont try to reuse this one )

        Dont forget the solar panel.