13-11-21 US: License plate readers - tightening the total surveillance state

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The use of license plate readers, or LPRs, has skyrocketed in recent years, with hundreds of police departments from coast-to-coast acquiring these state-of-the-art systems lately that can shoot hundreds of images of car tags a minute and then match that information with constantly growing databases containing automobiles of interest.

Privacy’s worst nightmare: private company advertises over one billion license plate records
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As police agencies across the United States adopt license plate readers in rapidly growing numbers, the private companies involved in the industry are 
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