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License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets (www.thedrive.com)
submitted 23 hours ago by LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Defense contractor Leonardo is promoting a new technology called SignalTrace that will package plate cameras with sensors that can scrape unique identifiers tied to your smart devices and make that data available to law enforcement.

Police, border security, and other government agencies already comprise Leonardo’s customer base, and with this technology, those clients seek to correlate footage from these cameras to phones, tablets, wearables, AirTags, and, naturally, the electronics inside cars themselves.

If SignalTrace can pick up your Bluetooth headphones, you can be sure it’ll also be looking out for your vehicle’s 5G hotspot, infotainment system, and even its tire pressure monitoring sensors. The company includes pet microchips as a potential entry point to tracking.

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[–] Carmakazi@piefed.social 149 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

How many criminals are taking along their microchipped pets to and from their crimes?

Rhetorical question I know. They simply do not want to allow dissidents and undesirables the freedom of movement.

Also, if you contribute to a project like this, you are a traitor and should be treated as such.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

How are they going to read pet microchips? They're not broadcasting a signal constantly.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 7 points 5 hours ago

They're not. Pet RFID chips are low frequency and have a read range of a few inches at most. By the time you pump enough energy in to get a signal you've probably microwaved the pet and blown out the chip antenna.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

I think they bounce rf waves off of them. Same as with money, larger bills have a magnetic strip, they can bounce rf waves off of them and see how much cash is out there if not shielded.