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Friend,
Last week in Missouri, a police officer used license plate cameras to track his ex-wife during their divorce proceedings. He admitted to it on the record.
When investigators looked into the incident, they concluded that no crime was committed. Why? Because there is no law on the books that says he cannot do that.
Right here in Idaho, the Jerome County sheriff ran searches tied to his own wife’s vehicle 152 times. He called it "testing the system," and no charges were ever filed.
So, where does this stop?
My answer is simple: it stops where we decide it stops.
First, let’s look at what is already built around us:
* More than 100 of these cameras are already up across Idaho in Caldwell, Twin Falls, Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Kootenai, and Ada Counties, all paid for with our tax dollars.
* They photograph every single license plate that passes by. They capture your vehicle, your kids driving to practice, and your mom driving to church. Nearly all of this data is collected on people who are suspected of absolutely nothing.
* Flock, one of the private companies behind these systems, keeps a perpetual license to share that data through a network that thousands of agencies can search. The ACLU rightly calls this privacy for profit.
These roadside cameras are just the part of the surveillance network that you can physically see. Consider your doorbell camera footage, your kids’ photos sitting on corporate servers, or your daily shopping habits. Digital price tags are rolling into stores across America this year, equipped with technology that allows them to change the price of basic groceries by the hour.
The technology always arrives first, while the rules show up years later—if they show up at all. Meanwhile, someone makes a fortune in the gap.
This is not a left-versus-right issue. Idaho Republicans led the charge to pass real state restrictions on these cameras last year, and local residents in conservative communities like Post Falls pushed back and said no thanks. Your personal business is your business.
The good news is that this problem is entirely fixable. Cars did not always have seatbelts, and phone lines did not always require wiretap warrants until we demanded standards. Cities across our state are dropping these private surveillance contracts today because neighbors found out what was happening and spoke up.
What we are missing now is a Congress willing to bring federal law up to date with modern technology on AI, on surveillance, and on our personal data. In Congress, I will make that fight mine.
That work starts where everything on this campaign starts: with all of us in a room together.
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Bring your questions, and tell us what you are seeing in your hometown.
If you cannot make the call, there are still two key ways you can help:
* Forward this email to a friend. The national media is not covering this issue, so neighbors talking to neighbors is how Idahoans find out the truth.
* Chip in if you can. We do not take money from corporate PACs, and we certainly do not take surveillance money. This campaign is funded entirely by regular Idahoans.
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Your life belongs to you, not to a private database. Let’s keep it that way, together.
Hope to see you on the call,
Kaylee
Kaylee Peterson for Congress
PO Box 302
Eagle, ID 83616
United States
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