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USPS to Fit Trucks with Road-Scanning Cameras
Original: USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
The US Postal Service plans to install dashboard cameras in its delivery trucks that will scan roads, signs and surroundings, framing the move as a 'community safety' measure. Privacy advocates are questioning how much data the vehicles will collect on ordinary streets and neighborhoods, and what happens to the footage.
Why now: The surveillance implications of a government fleet scanning public roads are raising privacy concerns.
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- USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’ · 404 Media
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.
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