I’ve blogged about license plate recognition previously. Now the PrivacySOS blog has more reason to be concerned about this type of surveillance: A 2012 investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) showed that, as privacy advocates feared, at least one private manufacturer of license plate recognition systems has been retaining its own ALPR data, creating an…
Category: U.S.
Are Drones Watching You?
Jennifer Lynch of EFF writes: Today, EFF filed suit against the Federal Aviation Administration seeking information on drone flights in the United States. The FAA is the sole entity within the federal government capable of authorizing domestic drone flights, and for too long now, it has failed to release specific and detailed information on who is authorized to fly…
Editorial: Weigh privacy concerns in plan to expand NY’s DNA registry
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to expand the state’s DNA database by collecting samples from anyone convicted of any misdemeanor has civil liberty types crying foul. As well they should. Adding some 200 misdemeanors to the few dozen that now require DNA disclosure would broaden the ability of the state to collect otherwise personal information from…
5 Things You Should Know About the FBI’s Massive New Biometric Database
Tana Ganeva reports: The FBI claims that their fingerprint database (IAFIS) is the “largest biometric database in the world,” containing records for over a hundred million people. But that’s nothing compared to the agency’s plans for Next Generation Identification (NGI), a massive, billion-dollar upgrade that will hold iris scans, photos searchable with face recognition technology, palm prints, and measures of gait and voice…