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It will be able to scrape the smart devices you take with you and wrap all that data in a nice little bow for law enforcement and government agencies. \n\nThe Drive's Director Of Content And Product Joel Feder and Senior Editor Adam Ismail are joined by security expert Matt Hurewitz, who is currently the CISO at Ent.AI, to sort fact from fiction and dissect what's really going on here.\n\nStories mentioned in today's episode:\n\nLicense Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets\n\nWant To Stop Your New Car From Transmitting Your Personal Data? It’s Possible\n\nCops Are Already Using License Plate Readers to Stalk People\n\n00:00 Intro\n\n04:14 License plate cameras are about to track you\n\n07:42 Should you be concerned?\n\n13:56 The danger that lurks\n\n16:42 Slippery slope\n\n18:40 Cars are incredibly complicated and connected now\n\n20:37 What can people do?\n\n23:04 Final thoughts\nLearn more about your ad choices. 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