‘Array of Things’ collects facial biometrics and license plates images

‘Argonne Labs and DHS are installing over 500 spying devices called the ‘Array of Things’ (AoT) throughout Chicago and plan to install them in cities across the country. Plans are in the works to replicate the project in the coming years in more than a dozen other cities.
Two cameras mounted in each AoT box will collect data on vehicle and foot traffic, standing water, sky color and cloud cover. They claim the photos taken by the cameras will automatically be deleted within “tens of minutes.”
Should we trust them?
The AoT bears a striking similarity to ‘Visual Analytics for Command, Control and Interoperability Environments’ which turned CCTV cameras into surveillance devices.’
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