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Guest Column: For Privacy Advocates, License Plate Readers Are A Bigger Threat Than Carefully-Regulated Speed Enforcement Cameras

Traffic enforcement cameras do not pose the same threats to privacy as license-plate-reader surveillance, which is already in widespread use in Massachusetts.

Kade Crockford

August 5, 2026

Guest Column: For Privacy Advocates, License Plate Readers Are A Bigger Threat Than Carefully-Regulated Speed Enforcement Cameras