 Hey, I'm hearing a lot about license plate readers. What are those? Oh, automated license plate readers, also known as ALPRs, are cameras that record vehicle movements and upload that information into a searchable shareable database. They kind of look like Vs. Wait, so a local cop can just type in my license plate and see everywhere I've been? Yes, but not just local police. Your travel history could be shared with hundreds and hundreds of other police and sheriffs nationwide. Wait, but that sounds really creepy. Oh, it's definitely creepy. EFF has been exposing how invasive they are for a while now, but we did have a pretty significant win against them in California a few weeks ago. The California Attorney General issued a legal interpretation saying that it is against the law for police to share collected data from license plate readers without of state federal agencies. Okay, I like the sound of a win, but what does it actually mean? This means that immigrants, abortion seekers, protesters, and everyone else who drives a car in California can stress a little less about these surveillance cameras exposing intimate details about where they've been and where they're going. We're still urging California and other law enforcement agencies around the country to limit their ALPR programs altogether, but this is a step in the right direction for protecting everyone's privacy.