Millions of cars tracked across US in 'massive' real-time spying program

[hunter]

55. Most of these sorts of cameras simply control the traffic lights...

... replacing sensing wires in the streets and other less robust means of detecting automobiles.

These cameras hardly see cars as anything more than a fuzzy blob on the street and are not wired into any display system elsewhere.

These are not the same as "red light" or speeding cameras which actually produce an image good enough to ticket someone with, or surveillance cameras.

Of greater concern to me are cell phones. These are little homing beacons that most of us carry with us voluntarily, and the cell phone system is easily tapped into by law enforcement agencies and even less reputable organizations.

Here's a picture of a wolf wearing a radio tracking collar:



Here's a picture of tagged Monarch Butterfly:



Unlike the wolves or butterflies, we wear our various tracking devices voluntarily.