AUSTIN, Texas — Despite a community push against data sharing and the city axing surveillance measures last year, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has installed license plate readers on Austin roads.
According to a report from the Austin American-Statesman, DPS confirmed that it installed license plate readers along “several state rights of way” on Feb. 2 without disclosing locations.
Photos shared online showed cameras on North Lamar Boulevard near Koenig Lane, the Statesman reports, and there are more on South Lamar Boulevard at West Riverside Drive and outside Austin City Hall…