California’s Covert License Plate Readers Threaten Privacy and Sovereignty

Across Southern California, hardworking families and law-abiding drivers unknowingly find themselves caught in an invasive surveillance web. More than two dozen privacy watchdogs are sounding alarms about a covert network of license plate readers secretly deployed along public roads near the U.S.-Mexico border. These devices funnel data into a federal Border Patrol intelligence program that monitors innocent Americans’ travel patterns under the guise of security. Are Californian Roads Becoming Secret Surveillance Zones? The Electronic Frontier Foundation and other advocacy groups have urged Governor Gavin Newsom to halt this unauthorized expansion of government spying by demanding the removal of these hidden...