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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The shocking police\Ncrackdown
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on protestors in Missouri, \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the wake of the police \Nshooting of Michael Brown,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,underscored the extent to which advanced\Nmilitary weapons and equipment,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed for the battlefield,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are making their way\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to small town police departments\Nacross the United States.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although much tougher to observe,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this same thing is happening \Nwith surveillance equipment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NSA-style mass \Nsurveillance is enabling
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,local police departments \Nto gather vast quantities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sensitive informaiton
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about each and every one of us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was never previously possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Location information can \Nbe very sensitive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you drive your car around\Nthe United States,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can reveal if you go \Nto a therapist,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an Alcoholic Anonymous meeting,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you go to church \Nor if you don't go to church.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when that \Ninformation about you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is combined with the same\Ninformation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about everyone else,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government can gain a\Ndetailed portrait
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how private citizens act.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This information used to be private.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to modern technology,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government knows far too much
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what happens\Nbehind closed doors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And local police departments\Nmake decisions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about who they \Nthink you are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on this information.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the key technologies \Ndriving mass location tracking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the innocuous-sounding\Nautomatic license plate reader.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you haven't seen one,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's probably because you didn't\Nknow what to look for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--they're everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mounted on roads or \Non police cars,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,automatic license plate readers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capture images of every passing car\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and convert the license plate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into machine-readable text
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can be checked\Nagainst hot lists
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of cars potentially wanted\Nfor wrongdoing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more than that, increasingly,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,local police departments are \Nkeeping records not just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people wanted \Nfor wrongdoing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but every plate that \Npasses them by,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resulting in the collection\Nof mass quantities of data
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about where Americans have gone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know this was happening?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Mike Katz-Lacabe asked\Nhis local police department
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for information about the plate\Nreader data they had on him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what they got:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in addition to the date, \Ntime and location,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the police department had \Nphotographs that captured
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he was going and \Noften, who he was with.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second photo \Nfrom the top
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a photo of Mike and\Nhis two duaghters
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting out of their car\Nin their own driveway.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The government has \Nhundreds of photos like this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Mike going about his\Ndaily life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you drive a car \Nin the United States,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can bet money \Nthat they have photographs\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this of you going\Nabout your daily life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mike hasn't done\Nanything wrong,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it okay that \Nthe government
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is keeping all of this information?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason it's happening
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because as the cost of storing\Nthis data has plummeted,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the police department \Nsimply hangs on to it,\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just in case it could be \Nuseful someday.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The issue is not just that\None police department
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is gathering this information\Nin isolation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even that multiple police \Ndepartments are doing it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time, \Nthe federal government
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is collecting all of these\Nindividual pots of data,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pooling them together into\None vast database
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with hundreds and \Nmillions of hits
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showing where Americans\Nhave traveled.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This document from the \NFederal Drug Enforcement Administration,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is one of the agencies\Nprimarily interested in this,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of several that reveal \Nthe existence of this database.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile, in New York City,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the NYPD has driven police cars
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equipped with license plate readers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,past mosques in order to\Nfigure out who is attending.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The uses and abuses \Nof this technology
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aren't limited to the United States.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the UK, the police deparmtnet
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put 80-year-old John Kat\Non a plate reader watch list
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after he had attended \Nlawful political demonstrations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he liked to sit on a bench\Nand sketch the attendees/
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,license plate readers aren't the\Nonly mass location tracking technology
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,available to law enforcement\Nagents today.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through a technique known as\Na cell tower dump,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,law enforcement agents can\Nuncover who was using
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one or more cellphones\Nat a particular time,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a technique that is \Nknown to reveal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their location of \Ntens of thousands
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even hundreds \Nof thousands of people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, using a device \Nknown as a Sting Ray,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,law enforcement agents\Ncan send tracking signals
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside people's houses
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to identify the cell phones located there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if they don't know\Nwhich house to target,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've been known to drive
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this technology through entire\Nneighborhoods.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as the police in Ferguson possess \Nhigh-tech weapons and equipment,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so too do police departments across\Nthe United States possess
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,high-tech surveillance gear.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just because we don't see it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't mean it's not there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is, what should\Nwe do about this?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this poses a serious\Ncivil liberties threat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,History has shown that once
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the police have massive \Nquantities of data
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tracking the movements \Nof innocent people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gets abused, maybe for \Nblackmail,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe for political advantage,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe for simple voyeurism.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, there are\Nsteps we can take.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Local police departments can \Nbe governed by the city councils,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which can pass laws\Nrequiring the police
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to dispose of the data of\Ninnocent people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while allowing the legitimate\Nuses of the technology
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go forward.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause).