The recently installed 171 LED light fixtures at Newark Airport’s Terminal B are part of a new wireless network of sensors and video cameras that collect and feed data into software capable of recognizing license-plate numbers, identifying suspicious activity and sending alerts to staff, The New York Times reports. While officials with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plan to expand the project to other terminals and buildings, privacy advocates say the technology risks invading privacy. Fred Cate, director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research at Indiana University, called the potential for misuse “terrifying,” the report states. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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