My citations are for data brokers, but ALPR databases that are constantly updating from field sensors, and with porous data security and governance, they should not be dismissed. This is a commercial surveillance dragnet system, full stop. They aren't weapons until they suddenly are (shades of Salt Typhoon). There is precedence for the misuse of license plate data by law enforcement and adjacent private sector orgs.

https://epic.org/data-broker-helped-anti-abortion-group-targ...

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/location-data-tracks-a...

https://www.nacdl.org/getattachment/567b4c71-b702-47d7-a59c-...

https://americandragnet.org/

https://deflock.me/