美国街上看不到摄像头？你的车可能早被记录了｜车牌追踪到底能查你多久？｜America Has Few Cameras? How Long Can Plate Readers Track You?

很多人来到美国后的第一感觉，就是美国街上的摄像头似乎特别少。开车经过一个又一个路口，很少看到我们熟悉的交通监控设备，于是很多人自然认为：美国重视隐私，所以道路上的监控并不多。但事实可能和你的感觉完全不同。自动车牌识别系统正在美国越来越多的地方出现，它可以记录车辆在什么时间、什么地点经过，并让这些记录变成可以搜索的数据。当一次次经过被连接起来，它记录的还只是一个车牌，还是已经开始变成一个人的行动轨迹？警察可以查多久？需要搜查令吗？数据保存多久？为什么美国国会现在有人提出限制这种技术？这一期 LandingTalks《上岸说》，我们从每天开车都会遇到的一件小事，讲清楚美国科技、执法与隐私权之间正在发生的法律碰撞。 Many people who come to the United States notice something surprising: there seem to be far fewer surveillance cameras on American streets. But fewer visible cameras do not necessarily mean less tracking. Automated license plate recognition systems can record when and where vehicles appear, turning ordinary drives into searchable location data. When thousands of individual sightings are connected, an important legal question emerges: at what point does simply reading a public license plate become long-term surveillance? How long can this information be stored? Can law enforcement search it without a warrant? And why are lawmakers now debating limits on this technology? In this episode of LandingTalks, we look at the growing legal battle over license plate readers, privacy, technology, and how much of your daily movement can be recorded without you ever noticing.