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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.33,0:00:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The shocking police\Ncrackdown
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.53,0:00:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on protestors in \NFerguson, Missouri,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.70,0:00:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the wake of the police \Nshooting of Michael Brown,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.73,0:00:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,underscored the extent to which advanced\Nmilitary weapons and equipment,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.95,0:00:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed for the battlefield,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.68,0:00:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are making their way
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.99,0:00:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to small-town police departments\Nacross the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.70,0:00:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although much tougher to observe,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.50,0:00:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this same thing is happening \Nwith surveillance equipment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.05,0:00:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NSA-style mass \Nsurveillance is enabling
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.71,0:00:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,local police departments \Nto gather vast quantities
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.66,0:00:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sensitive information\Nabout each and every one of us
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.23,0:00:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that was\Nnever previously possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.28,0:00:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Location information can \Nbe very sensitive.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.76,0:00:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you drive your car around\Nthe United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.39,0:00:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can reveal if you go \Nto a therapist,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.31,0:00:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.78,0:00:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you go to church \Nor if you don't go to church.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.60,0:00:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when that \Ninformation about you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.33,0:00:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is combined with the same\Ninformation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.35,0:00:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about everyone else,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.81,0:01:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government can gain a\Ndetailed portrait
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.40,0:01:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how private citizens interact.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.11,0:01:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This information used to be private.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.59,0:01:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to modern technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.28,0:01:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government knows \Nfar too much
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.01,0:01:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what happens\Nbehind closed doors.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.58,0:01:15.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And local police departments make decisions\Nabout who they think you are
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.100,0:01:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on this information.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.17,0:01:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the key technologies \Ndriving mass-location tracking
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.82,0:01:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the innocuous-sounding\NAutomatic License Plate Reader.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.77,0:01:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you haven't seen one,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.47,0:01:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's probably because you didn't\Nknow what to look for
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.66,0:01:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--they're everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.03,0:01:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mounted on roads or \Non police cars,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.10,0:01:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Automatic License Plate Readers\Ncapture images of every passing car
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.53,0:01:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and convert the license plate
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.05,0:01:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into machine-readable text
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.16,0:01:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can be checked\Nagainst hot lists
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.56,0:01:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of cars potentially wanted\Nfor wrongdoing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.84,0:01:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more than that, increasingly,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.08,0:01:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,local police departments are \Nkeeping records not just
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.01,0:01:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people wanted \Nfor wrongdoing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.28,0:02:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but of every plate that \Npasses them by,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.08,0:02:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resulting in the collection\Nof mass quantities of data
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.05,0:02:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about where Americans \Nhave gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.29,0:02:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know this\Nwas happening?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.09,0:02:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Mike Katz-Lacabe asked\Nhis local police department
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.23,0:02:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for information about the Plate\NReader data they had on him,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.66,0:02:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is what they got:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.34,0:02:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in addition to the date, \Ntime and location,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.48,0:02:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the police department had \Nphotographs that captured
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.51,0:02:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he was going and \Noften, who he was with.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.90,0:02:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second photo \Nfrom the top
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.49,0:02:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a picture of Mike and\Nhis two daughters
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.92,0:02:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting out of their car\Nin their own driveway.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.55,0:02:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The government has \Nhundreds of photos like this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.69,0:02:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about Mike going about \Nhis daily life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.11,0:02:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you drive a car \Nin the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.30,0:02:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would bet money \Nthat they have photographs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.03,0:02:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this of you going\Nabout your daily life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.39,0:02:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mike hasn't done\Nanything wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.09,0:02:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it okay that \Nthe government
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.70,0:02:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is keeping all of\Nthis information?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.03,0:02:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason it's happening\Nis because
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.72,0:03:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the cost of storing\Nthis data has plummeted,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.07,0:03:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the police departments\Nsimply hang on to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.82,0:03:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just in case it could be \Nuseful someday.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.68,0:03:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The issue is not just that\None police department
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.55,0:03:11.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is gathering this information\Nin isolation,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.49,0:03:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even that multiple police \Ndepartments are doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.25,0:03:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time, \Nthe Federal Government
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.74,0:03:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is collecting all of these\Nindividual pots of data,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.36,0:03:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pooling them together \Ninto one vast database
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.88,0:03:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with hundreds of \Nmillions of hits
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.60,0:03:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showing where Americans\Nhave traveled.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.01,0:03:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This document from the \NFederal Drug Enforcement Administration,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.96,0:03:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is one of the agencies\Nprimarily interested in this,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.73,0:03:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of several that reveal \Nthe existence of this database.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.39,0:03:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile, in New York City,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.74,0:03:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the NYPD has driven police cars
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.98,0:03:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equipped with License Plate Readers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.67,0:03:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,past mosques in order to\Nfigure out who is attending.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.85,0:03:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The uses and abuses \Nof this technology
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.84,0:03:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aren't limited to the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.25,0:03:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the UK, the police department
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.97,0:04:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put 80-year-old John Kat\Non a Plate Reader watch list
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.26,0:04:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after he had attended dozens of\Nlawful political demonstrations
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.40,0:04:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he liked to sit on a bench\Nand sketch the attendees.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.77,0:04:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,License Plate Readers aren't the\Nonly mass-location tracking technology
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.29,0:04:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,available to law enforcement\Nagents today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.10,0:04:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through a technique known as\Na Cell Tower Dump,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.46,0:04:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,law enforcement agents can\Nuncover who was using
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.92,0:04:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one or more cell towers\Nat a particular time,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.26,0:04:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a technique which \Nhas known to reveal
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.05,0:04:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the location of \Ntens of thousands
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.91,0:04:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even hundreds \Nof thousands of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.81,0:04:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, using a device \Nknown as a Sting Ray,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.55,0:04:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,law enforcement agents\Ncan send tracking signals
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.18,0:04:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside people's houses
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.11,0:04:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to identify the cell phones \Nlocated there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.86,0:04:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if they don't know\Nwhich house to target,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.99,0:04:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've been known to drive
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.15,0:04:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this technology around through\Nwhole neighborhoods.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.32,0:04:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as the police in Ferguson possess\Nhigh-tech military weapons and equipment,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.06,0:04:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so too do police departments across\Nthe United States
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.04,0:04:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,possess high-tech surveillance gear.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.69,0:04:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just because you don't see it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.41,0:05:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't mean it's not there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.04,0:05:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is, what should\Nwe do about this?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.56,0:05:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this poses a serious\Ncivil liberties threat.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.65,0:05:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,History has shown that once
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.41,0:05:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the police have massive \Nquantities of data,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.09,0:05:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tracking the movements \Nof innocent people,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.52,0:05:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gets abused, maybe \Nfor blackmail,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.10,0:05:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe for political advantage,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.82,0:05:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe for \Nsimple voyeurism.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.03,0:05:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, there are\Nsteps we can take.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.49,0:05:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Local police departments can \Nbe governed by the city councils,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.07,0:05:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which can pass laws\Nrequiring the police
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.69,0:05:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to dispose of the data \Nabout innocent people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.47,0:05:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while allowing the legitimate\Nuses of the technology
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.96,0:05:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.08,0:05:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.99,0:05:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause).