ALPR

In Trump Era, Even Progressive Cambridge Picks Surveillance Over Civil Liberties

If a city with an ACLU-backed ordinance requiring community control over police surveillance concedes to Big Brother, is there any hope for the rest of us?

CAUGHT WITH OUR GANTRIES DOWN

Everything you think you know about the new Mass tolls is wrong Surprise! The new all-electronic tolling system (AETS) that went live in Massachusetts on Oct 28 collects a lot more data on vehicles passing beneath pay road gantries than has been previously reported. While the focus of the media and citizens alike has

LICENSE TO CONNIVE

Boston still tracks vehicles, lies about it, and leaves sensitive resident data exposed online Prior to two weeks ago, when this reporter alerted authorities that they had exposed critical data, anyone online was able to freely access a City of Boston automated license plate reader (ALPR) system and to download dozens