The hills have eyes: secret surveillance network springs up in San Diego

A vast surveillance network is recording every driver passing through a stretch of road between San Diego and the Arizona state line.
Planetizen

Silicon Valley City Expels Automated License Plate Cameras Over Surveillance Fears

Mountain View, California voted to end their contract with Flock after residents protested the automated license plate readers.

Flock plate reader use ends in Cupertino and Saratoga

The sheriff’s office says it is barred from using the cameras under a new policy adopted by the Board of Supervisors.
IEEE

License Plate Recognition Using Deep Learning to Manage Overtourism: a Case Study of Shirakawa-go Parking Areas

This study proposes a deep learning-based license plate recognition (LPR) system implemented at parking areas in Shirakawa-go, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The system automatically identifies and ...