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March 20, 2026

IT’S A RIPOFF: What Are Automated License Plate Readers and Why Are People Worried? ALPRs are AI-powered cameras that automatically track specific cars, and there’s growing backlash against them.

I wrote a column on this kind of thing over a decade ago and it’s gotten worse.

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