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Automated license plate readers are turning America’s roads into a massive surveillance network, tracking billions of vehicles monthly and building detailed profiles of people’s movements—often without warrants. While law enforcement claims these tools solve crimes and are legally justified since license plates are public, privacy advocates warn they enable unprecedented tracking, misuses, and violations. Recent court trends hint at a constitutional reckoning, and a new bill seeks to ban federal use and block federal funding for such systems, forcing a national debate: can we still protect liberty in an age of mass digital surveillance?

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