Big Brother on the road: Backlash grows against license plate surveillance

Every time you drive through an intersection, pass a police cruiser, or pull into a parking lot, there’s a growing chance your vehicle is being logged into a database you never agreed to join.Across the country, cities are rapidly expanding automated license plate reader systems — networks of cameras that record where vehicles travel, when they appear, and increasingly, what makes them unique.The San Jose lawsuit argues that vehicle tracking data can already be shared across jurisdictions and se...