Sacramento welfare investigators track drivers to find fraud. Privacy group raises red flags.

guest · Aug 14, 2018

Sacramento welfare investigators track drivers to find fraud. Privacy group raises red flags.
August 10, 2018
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article216093470.html

Few people know, however, that Sacramento County welfare fraud investigators have been using that same data since 2016.

It is rare for a welfare agency to use data collected by automated license plate recognition (ALPR) cameras, which snap photos of all license plates from street poles and police cars as vehicles drive by, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a civil liberties group.

The EFF has a more skeptical view of the data-collection practice and said it’s “disturbing” that millions of people who are not suspected of a crime can be tracked with license plate photos.

“ALPR data can paint an intimate portrait of a driver’s life,” EFF’s website says. “ALPR technology can be used to target drivers who visit sensitive places such as health centers, immigration clinics, gun shops, union halls, protests or centers of religious worship.”
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mirimir · Aug 14, 2018

Well, that's an excellent reason to avoid driving to such places in vehicles that are linked to you

In many ways, anonymity is a lot easier in large cities with decent public transportation. Except for the surveillance cameras, anyway

You could just drive stolen vehicles, I suppose. But that brings it's own risks

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