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Residents and security expert raise privacy and security concerns about Ridgecrest's vehicle-surveillance cameras
Summary
At the Nov. 19 meeting, resident Mike Licitra presented a white paper alleging serious security flaws and broad data collection by the city's vehicle-surveillance cameras, prompting council members to request follow-up; callers also urged review of access, retention and authorization practices.
At the start of public comment on Nov. 19, resident Mike Licitra told the Ridgecrest City Council that the city's fleet of vehicle-surveillance cameras captures thousands of images daily, uses automated algorithms to extract license-plate and vehicle details, and stores data in a cloud system with retention "typically 30 days, but as long as 1 year in some cases." He presented a white paper prepared by an information-security researcher and listed device and platform vulnerabilities he said leave the system susceptible to compromise.
Licitra described multiple technical failures he characterized…
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