Big Brother on the road: Backlash grows against license plate surveillance

Big Brother on the road: Backlash grows against license plate surveillance

Every time you drive through an intersection, pass a police cruiser, or pull into a parking lot, there’s a growing chance your vehicle is being logged into a database you never agreed to join.Across the country, cities are rapidly expanding automated license plate reader systems — networks of cameras that record where vehicles travel, when they appear, and increasingly, what makes them unique.The San Jose lawsuit argues that vehicle tracking dat…