They’re on street corners, utility poles, even garbage trucks… and they’re tracking everywhere you go.
Welcome to the world of Automatic license plate readers. These aren’t just cameras. They’re part of a cloud-based surveillance network logging your movements in real time, and creating a warrantless database for law enforcement.
In this video, I explain:
– How ALPRs work
– Why this system almost surely violates the Fourth Amendment
– How we allowed this dragnet surveillance grid to take root
– And what we can do to push back
00:00 A Growing Network of Surveillance
02:30 What are ALPRs
07:39 Dangers
11:39 How Did This Happen
16:01 What Can We Do
21:38 Benefits vs Costs
23:28 SECRET Origin Story Time!
This isn’t just about your car.
It’s about whether privacy and freedom can still exist outside your front door.
Freedom of movement isn’t really free if you’re being tracked every step of the way.
I’m not ready to give that up. Are you?
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Special thanks to:
Jonathan Hofer from The Independent Institute
(https://www.independent.org/person/jonathan-hofer/)
Jen Barber from The Jen and Friends Podcast
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Watch this great video from Benn Jordan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
Watch this great video from the Institute for Justice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mc3MTpkZEQ
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Here are a bunch of products I like and use. Using these links helps support the channel and future videos!
Recommended Books:
Beginner’s Introduction To Privacy – Naomi Brockwell
https://amzn.to/3WDSfku
Permanent Record – Edward Snowden
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What has the government done to our money – Rothbard
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Extreme Privacy – Michael Bazzel
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No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State – Glenn Greenwald
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Some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy!
Brave browser: https://brave.com/nao076
Faraday bag (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, computer, and phone)
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Data Blocker (if you’re charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred)
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Camera tape (electrical tape is the best tape for covering phone and computer cameras)
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USB-C to ethernet adapter:
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Privacy Screens (use your phone and computer in public? Keep your information safe!)
Computer: (Search for the size right for your computer)
MacBook Air 13″ https://amzn.to/3VQvpZ7
HP/Dell/Acer/Asus/Lenovo 15.6″ https://amzn.to/3KK1Oda
Lenovo Thinkpad/HP Elitebook/Dell 14″ https://amzn.to/4enT2zq
Phone: (Search for the size for your phone, decide whether you want glass or plastic!)
Galaxy s24 – https://amzn.to/3VGgb8H
iPhone 15 – https://amzn.to/45vCd1h
Pixel 8 – https://amzn.to/3KFDuJF