In the United States to monitor the movement of millions of cars

In the United States in secret base built by motor movements across the country in real time. Official recognition program and track vehicles on their registration numbers was started as the fight against drug traffickers led by DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) and was supposed to work only on the border with Mexico. Then it gradually spread to fight with other offenses. And recently, the документов, describing this program , it became known that it wants to expand throughout the country.

According to information received, the law enforcement agencies in the field have access to this database for its investigations, and can track vehicles moving on the main roads. Undoubtedly, such possibilities raise new questions about privacy and extent of state surveillance.

DEA has uncontrolled camera that not only fix the number, direction and speed of the machine, but are able to take photos for proxy authentication occupants. The agency also attracted to filling its base of local law enforcement agencies. From these documents, the DEA stores the data obtained within six months, and can use them for processing and construction of "traffic patterns".

On this occasion, many questions arise. Who gives the right organization to monitor people who are as yet nothing had been accused? Will not the processing of these data to the fact that people are moving on "suspicious" in terms of the DEA routes will be automatically becomes a suspect and come under close supervision? This is another of the many recent examples of invasion of different services and agencies in the privacy of citizens.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/244932/