License Plate Readers Are Framing Innocent People

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of automated license plate readers and recent privacy legislation in Massachusetts.

Automated license readers by Flock have tied a person who was miles away to a violent crime effectively framing them, the state of Massachusetts in the US has passed a privacy bill to stop the sale of precise location data and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #57. (00:00) - Intro (00:49) - Start of podcast (01:14) - A flock license plate reader linked a San Diego man to a violent crime. He was five miles away. (19:42) - WhatsApp says it caught new spyware attacks linked to NSO Group in violation of court order (27:30) - Massachusetts votes to pass new privacy rights bill that bans sale of precise location data (42:39) - Site updates (51:50) - New apple feature automatically changes your compromised passwords (58:17) - Signal, DuckDuckGo among firms weighing Canada exit over lawful access bill (01:09:18) - Over 400 Arch Linux packages compromised to push rootkit, infostealer (01:17:29) - Forum updates (01:27:42) - Q&A (01:45:55) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★

Topics covered

• license plate readers
• privacy legislation
• location data
• spyware attacks
• cybersecurity
• technology updates

Keywords

• license plate readers
• Flock
• privacy bill
• location data
• WhatsApp
• NSO Group
• cybersecurity
• Apple
• Signal
• DuckDuckGo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Flock, WhatsApp, NSO Group, Apple, Signal, DuckDuckGo, Arch Linux

Places: Massachusetts, San Diego

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