EFFector

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

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EFFector

Episodes (4)

Wed Apr 8th How License Plate Readers Are Normalizing Mass Surveillance
Mar 25th Who's Really Watching What Smartglasses See?
Mar 11th How Targeted Advertising Gives Your Location to the Government

EFFector

Apr 8, 2026
39 minutes
36 MB

All across the country, police have convinced communities to pay for mass surveillance systems like license plate readers, claiming they will help stop the most serious crimes. But once these ever-watchful electronic eyes are installed in your city, it's not just violent criminals they're recording—it's everyone. Time and time again, we've seen police surveillance suffer from "mission creep." Technology that was sold as a way to catch killers ends up being used to enforce traffic violations, track protesters, and more. In this episode, we explain what mission creep is—and how it explains the disturbing normalization of m...

EFFector

How License Plate Readers Are Normalizing Mass Surveillance

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

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