Surveillance Cameras Can Now Be Retrofitted to Track Your Wireless Device Fingerprint

Leonardo announced SignalTrace, a system that retrofits surveillance cameras to fingerprint wireless devices and track them without license plates. Privacy advocates warn the technology expands tracking capabilities beyond plate scanning, raising new privacy concerns.

fria https://discuss.privacyguides.net/u/fria 1 Flock-style license plate reader vendor Leonardo announced https://www.leonardocompany-us.com/lpr/elsag-signaltrace a new system called SignalTrace that can fingerprint your wireless devices while you drive by and track you around without needing to see your license plate. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/07/27/surveillance-cameras-can-now-be-retrofitted-to-track-your-wireless-device-fingerprint/ https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/07/27/surveillance-cameras-can-now-be-retrofitted-to-track-your-wireless-device-fingerprint/ I like how they downplay the privacy violations by pretending these cameras only scan plates and not analyze entire video frames with AI