License plate cameras are tracking everything

The devices you carry will enable law enforcement and the government to track your every move. Scary thought. Time to break out the tin-foil hats.

A new kind of license-plate reading camera is said to be far more than its name. It will be able to scrape the smart devices you take with you and wrap all that data in a nice little bow for law enforcement and government agencies.

The Drive's Director Of Content And Product Joel Feder and Senior Editor Adam Ismail are joined by security expert Matt Hurewitz, who is currently the CISO at Ent.AI, to sort fact from fiction and dissect what's really going on here.

Stories mentioned in today's episode:

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00:00 Intro

04:14 License plate cameras are about to track you

07:42 Should you be concerned?

13:56 The danger that lurks

16:42 Slippery slope