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A common-sense framework for surveillance tech: how to keep the good that tools like license plate readers can do, without quietly mapping everywhere you’ve ever driven.
No. 001 ·Policy paper ·July 2026
Power Demands Accountability
A SAFE Framework for Automated License Plate Readers and Government Surveillance
Automated license plate readers can locate an abducted child and can also build a searchable history of where you have been. This proposes a framework that keeps the first without conceding the second.
10,184 words·42 min·30 sources
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