Episode Ep 57 June 12, 2026 1 hr 47 min

License Plate Readers Are Framing Innocent People

From This Week in Privacy Privacy Guides

Automated license readers by Flock have tied a person who was miles away to a violent crime effectively framing them, the state of Massachusetts in the US has passed a privacy bill to stop the sale of precise location data and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #57.

(00:00) - Intro
(00:49) - Start of podcast
(01:14) - A flock license plate reader linked a San Diego man to a violent crime. He was five miles away.
(19:42) - WhatsApp says it caught new spyware attacks linked to NSO Group in violation of court order
(27:30) - Massachusetts votes to pass new privacy rights bill that bans sale of precise location data
(42:39) - Site updates
(51:50) - New apple feature automatically changes your compromised passwords
(58:17) - Signal, DuckDuckGo among firms weighing Canada exit over lawful access bill
(01:09:18) - Over 400 Arch Linux packages compromised to push rootkit, infostealer
(01:17:29) - Forum updates
(01:27:42) - Q&A
(01:45:55) - Outro