Cameras are everywhere. Plus all the other tracking...

Interesting article in a local paper about how our cars are surveilled:

I drove 300 miles in rural Virginia, then asked police to send me their public surveillance footage of my car. Here’s what I learned...

"You can see from the image below exactly what Flock technology captures: a decent shot of the back of any vehicle that passes, a readable image of the license plate....Part of Flock’s proprietary tech determines the make and model of the vehicle and also notes if there are bumper stickers, bike racks, any other unique markings that would help identify that vehicle. That generates a “vehicle fingerprint” for every car or truck, which none of the agencies I FOIA’d would provide me. That fingerprint could prove helpful in the case where a witness or other camera captured some non-license-plate information about a vehicle, like specific bumper stickers or a roof rack."

"...If you asked me today if I knew whether I had made a trip to the Roanoke office on Jan. 29, I would hesitate before I could answer. I would have to check my calendar and emails to be able to say that I was there, with certainty.nBut the police would have known, if they wanted to, without asking for any kind of warrant or court order."

https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/28/i-drove-300-miles-in-rural-virginia-...