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  "path": "/2026/02/26/california-approved-hidden-cameras-that-let-border-patrol-track-you.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-27T00:24:14.000Z",
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    "license plate readers",
    "privacy",
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  "textContent": "\n\nFederal agents at a California border crossing pulled aside a grandmother and demanded to know why she kept visiting local casinos. She is a lawful permanent resident of the Imperial Valley who'd committed no crime — but her driving habits had been logged by a covert network of over 40 license plate cameras hidden along Southern California's border highways, a CalMatters investigation by Wendy Fry and Khari Johnson found. — Read the rest \n\nThe post California approved hidden cameras that let Border Patrol track you appeared first on Boing Boing.",
  "title": "California approved hidden cameras that let Border Patrol track you"
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