Feel Safe Now? License Plate Readers Are Tracking You Everywhere You Drive
This is so egregious that I don't know where to begin. A startup company founded in 2018, Flock Safety, funded by Andreessen Horowitz (Marc Andreessen) and Founders Fund (Peter Thiel), among others, has invented a scalable device that can be mounted anywhere, which sucks data from every passing vehicle. It is self-powered with a solar panel and communicates via WiFi. It can be mounted on any type of pole, and they also sell the poles. These cameras can capture every license plate passing by on a busy four-lane freeway, but it doesn't stop there: it records the make and color of your vehicle, any identifying features like window stickers or vehicle damage. Thus, it "fingerprints" your car.