Episode 45 • • 1:05:00 - 1:06:40
45: Do You Think Believe Feel?
License Plate Recognition and the Surveillance State
At a British gas station, Adam Curry observed a "BP Oil Sentry" system actively scanning and digitizing license plates on a monitor. The clerk confirmed the data is kept indefinitely, which the hosts cite as further evidence of the growing "Gitmo Nation" surveillance apparatus. They speculate that facial recognition technology is likely the next step in public monitoring.