No, there are multiple smh. Flock is the one putting security cameras everywhere scanning people’s plates. Just look up what they look like and you’ll realize you see them everywhere.

Palantir, Oracle, Flock, and Meta are the main drivers of this right now.

The particular one I read about was a company called Leonardo. From the article:

Defense contractor Leonardo is promoting a new technology called SignalTrace that will package plate cameras with sensors that can scrape unique identifiers tied to your smart devices and make that data available to law enforcement.

A recent report by 404 media dives into the objective of SignalTrace and how it’s being marketed to authorities. Police, border security, and other government agencies already comprise Leonardo’s customer base, and with this technology, those clients seek to correlate footage from these cameras to phones, tablets, wearables, AirTags, and, naturally, the electronics inside cars themselves.

If SignalTrace can pick up your Bluetooth headphones, you can be damn sure it’ll also be looking out for your vehicle’s 5G hotspot, infotainment system, and even its tire pressure monitoring sensors. Hell, the company includes pet microchips as a potential entry point to tracking.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/license-plate-cameras-will-soon-track-phones-wearables-infotainment-and-even-your-pets

Well said!

Gotta remember a good sections of users on this forum were born not knowing a world when the towers were up.

That said, every further encroachment is another reminder that these companies & our government are evil.

This guy CPRAs! 

Chicago Theatre

Shit!

I was sitting here like “well at least this is one thing I don’t have to worry about”

ofc I had to see an event in Chicago precisely one time smh

Thank you! Must have been Chicago Theatre for me too. I was baffled–I’ve never even been to New York, and I only watch sports if there’s an engine involved (found my way to this sub from googling).

They also used to own The Forum, so it could from venues it used to own or operate. Don’t they also run some music festivals?

They owned the Forum in LA at one point if I recall I wonder if there’s potential data leak there too.

My email is included in this and I havent been to any of those places. God dammit

Most of the time it’s nothing - they’ll get your email address and send you spam. Sometimes it’s way more invasive than that - passwords and PII.

Nothing.

Its just going to happen again anyways

The only thing you can do is implement stronger authentication measures where possible (two factor authentication, passkeys, etc). Most of these breaches will result in your email/demographic info. Possibly passwords. Depending on where you live there may be other options if you can demonstrate actual harm as a result of the breach.

Just dont use the same password for everything and use 2FA

Not much you can do other than follow sound security practices. Mainly using a password manager and 2FA. A good password manager will make you aware of any data breaches and prompt you to change any vulnerable passwords.

stop using the same password for everything. Once they have your email, it just takes one compromised password to have access to tons of different accounts

Have a unique password for every single account you make. If you can, use an email alias for every single account so you can easily stop your email from overflowing with spam.

And for social security breaches you can put a credit freeze on all the major bureaus as well as with the social security administration so no one can use your number to illegally get benefits.

There are more credit bureaus than the big three that are used for medical, apartment rentals, etc but most scammers are just trying to get a credit card to max out.

You really can’t do much, all of our personal information is out there. What you can do is make sure all of your accounts have unique passwords and enable 2 factor authentication if possible and make sure your credit is frozen with all three credit bureaus.

Freeze your credit and unfreeze it when you need access.

make peace with your higher power of choice

Freeze your credit at all three credit agencies. Just remember they are frozen and that you need to unfreeze before you submit anything that will require a credit check.

Same. Looking at this list makes me so sad that one of the times I was pwned is because of god damn hot topic

How many? Only ¹⁄₃ if my emails were pwned and it was just twice total

Yeah. 18 for me 😬

Lmao yeah me too. I checked my professional email and it was only 2 from like a decade ago, so I felt relieved.

…Then I checked my junk mail email and I’m at 23, the last one being the Garden breach. Wow lol.

Right? Also my MySpace in 2008 😡

Correct, this is how I found out I was in the breach (email notification) then I checked the ShinyHunters forum post using Tor. I won’t give steps for getting to that part as it contains sensitive information.

They live in NC, so they also need to travel and get a hotel. One day they’ll make it though!

lol the class action will payout prob 100$ max