The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police track about you

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DECEMBER 11, 2014 TODAY’S TED TALK Catherine Crump: The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police track about you 05:54 minutes · TEDGlobal 2014 A very unsexy-sounding piece of technology could mean that the police know where you go, with whom, and when: the automatic license plate reader. These cameras are innocuously placed all across small-town America to catch known criminals, but as lawyer and TED Fellow Catherine Crump shows, the data they collect in aggregate could have disastrous consequences for everyone the world over. Watch now » PLAYLIST OF THE DAY Who are the hackers? The Internet connects us as never before, but there's a dark side to this web. Who are the hackers who wreak havoc online? And what is it they want? Sociologists, criminologists and hackers themselves shed light … Watch » 9 talks · Total run time 2:12:54