Cops will soon upgrade to license plate readers that can track your iPhone and AirPods in public

A surveillance firm with deep ties to law enforcement has developed a technology to wirelessly identify and make a database of Bluetooth devices like iPhones. This will be used to spot suspects traveling together, and may track protestors heading to marches.


Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) is already common worldwide, and Australian police even have a CarPlay app that identifies nearby cars. But now according to 404 Media, a firm is working to fit more sensors to existing camera systems as part of a scheme to give civil liberties groups apoplexy.

Leonardo US Cyber and Security Solutions is marketing technology it calls SignalTrace, which it says is to "identify people of interest by the signals emitted from their electronic devices they travel with, such as fitness trackers, smartwatches, RFID tags, and local signals from their mobile phones."


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