It all started in Great Britain — aka Airstrip One in Orwell’s” 1984″ — with the installation of surveillance cameras virtually anywhere. They are currently being used with artificial intelligence to create a searchable collection that tracks where Americans drive and even what we think.  ,
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Images collected nationwide by DRN Data—a license-plate recognition ( LPR ) company owned by Motorola Solutions—go far beyond what you might expect from an LPR. This week, a report in Designed exposes how DRN’s vehicle-mounted devices roam the country and capture images and videos of all.
Unfortunately, you’re probably already familiar with that kind of thing thanks to companies like Google and Apple sending out their cameras vehicles to up-date their GPS tracking tracking software. However, Wired’s research into DRN reveals that there is so much more going on behind the scenes.
A” Steelworkers for Harris-Walz” sign that was taken on a different time by a different vehicle is visible in another photograph taken on a different day in front of someone’s house. A construction contractor, with his mouth uncensored, is pictured near another Harris mark. On the backseats of trucks and cars throughout America are bumper stickers for Trump and Biden ( including” F*ck Biden” ). One photograph, taken in November 2023, shows a half torn bumper sticker supporting the Obama-Biden portfolio.
These images were created by AI-powered cameras mounted on cars and trucks, which were originally intended to capture permit plates but are now used to document political yard signs outside private homes, text-onto vehicles, T-shirts with text, and pro-abortion bumper stickers on vehicles, all while recording the exact locations of these observations. A tool actually intended for customers police has evolved into a system ready of monitoring conversation protected by the US Constitution, according to recently obtained data reviewed by WIRED.
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But it is n’t the images themselves that are concerning. DRN’s machines can “read” much more than just registration plates thanks to the same AI technology that allows your cellphone to copy text from a photo.  ,
According to a speech to Wired, DRN claimed the business adheres to” all applicable laws and regulations,” which is a relief for any American who has privacy issues because the law only offers a limited amount of privacy protection. According to Privacy World,” The US does not have a alternative, comprehensive national rules generally restricting protection and the selection, processing, disclosure and security of ‘ personal information ‘ (typically defined as information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably worthy of being linked to, a certain individual )”.
When you factor in Big Tech’s story of complying with surprise FISA warrants and the typical security concerns, you can see that AI-collated directories like DRN’s are goldmines for hackers and Government everywhere.  ,
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