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Law enforcement license plate readers are being upgraded to track Bluetooth devices like phones, smartwatches, and even pet microchips. The expansion of surveillance capability raises privacy concerns.
Law enforcement is upgrading automatic license plate readers to detect Bluetooth devices traveling inside vehicles—phones, smartwatches, fitness trackers, and even pet microchips. The technology can identify and log devices without any warrant or legal process, creating a passive tracking layer on top of the existing plate-reading infrastructure.
This represents a quiet expansion of what surveillance cameras can do. A device that once recorded which car passed a checkpoint can now record which person was in it, which devices they carried, and which pets. The shift from identifying vehicles to identifying people inside them doesn't require new legislation or public debate—it just requires a software update.
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