Critics say if the US can’t protect such data – which was improperly stored by a subcontractor – it shouldn’t collect it.
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Hackers breach US license plate scanning company
One of the US’s most widely used vehicle license plate reader (LPR) companies, Perceptics, is reportedly investigating a data breach.
Live feeds from license plate readers exposed online
The EFF has found more than 100 ALPR cameras streaming live, “often with totally open Web pages accessible by anyone with a browser.”
Entire Oakland Police license plate reader data set handed to journalist
The entire LPR dataset of the Oakland Police Department (OPD) included more than 4.6 million reads of over 1.1 million unique plates captured in just over 3 years.