The government is tracking your face and license plate and GPS coordinates everywhere you drive or travel in America

Criminal Activities and Crime Monitoring System has long been a research topic. In this paper, we propose an effective Crime Monitoring System (CMS) t…

Do you know where you were five years ago? Did you have an Android phone at the time? It turns out Google might know—and it might be telling law enforcement.In a new article, the New York Times details a little-known technique increasingly used by law enforcement to figure out everyone who might…

Police across Illinois and the rest of the country are steadily increasing their use of new technology to keep tabs on citizens.

Modern technology has enabled the development and deployment of the pervasive and precise surveillance that may be slipping out of the control of the public.

Criminals and related illegal activities represent problems that are neither trivial to predict nor easy to handle once they are identified. The Police Forces (PFs) typically base their strategies solely on their intra-communication, by neglecting…

Cellular and GPS data are far from the only resources in a criminal investigator’s arsenal. The other technology at their disposal might surprise you.

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.

Automatic vehicle locating (AVL) systems can report vehicle information, such as location, speed, and stops to investigators by obtaining information from GPS satellites. AVL systems allow law enforcement personnel to discreetly track and monitor vehicles. Included reports: highlight, summary, technote, focus group report, market survey report, and assessment report.

Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) have been part of law enforcement’s toolkit for well over two decades. ALPR systems use cameras and software to automatically capture, analyze, and store vehicle license plate information. ALPR systems compare license plate numbers against databases to generate alerts and create records of vehicle activity. ALPR systems have proven to be a valuable investigative tool for law enforcement. Advances in machine learning, computer vision, and artificial intelligence (AI) have made ALPR systems more affordable and more effective.

This text was adapted from EFF’s Street-Level Surveillance project. For a deeper explanation, please visit this page. Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are high-speed, computer-controlled camera systems that are typically mounted on street poles, streetlights, highway overpasses, mobile…

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Studies show that facial recognition is least reliable for people of color, women, and nonbinary individuals. And that can be life-threatening when the technology is in the hands of law enforcement. Facial recognition technology is everywhere. We use it to unlock our phones, prove our identity before boarding a plane, and send money from our […]

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