Op die manier hoopt de overheid criminelen pakken, maar de risico's voor de privacy zijn gigantisch, stelt The Atlantic die de vergelijking maakt met het NSA.
The Washington Times meldt intussen dat privé bedrijven al volop bezig zijn met dit soort zaken.
Vigilant’s National Vehicle Location Service (NLVS), which holds more than 1.8 billion records, is offered to law enforcement agencies across the country. ICE has tested the service at no charge, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union under a Freedom of Information Act request... Only a handful of companies gather license-plate data on a national scale, industry officials said. But DRN and Vigilant are the dominant players in the industry, with DRN capturing an estimated 70 percent of the commercial market and Vigilant about 90 percent of the law enforcement market, said Jack Bernstein, chief executive of Locator Technologies, another company in that field.
In onderstaand filmpje van de Civil Liberties Union wordt uitgelegd wat de gevaren zijn.
Hier leest u het artikel in The Atlantic
