Hidden Cameras, GPS Data, and License Plate Readers: How the USPS Tracks Down Mail Thieves
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Hidden Cameras, GPS Data, and License Plate Readers: How the USPS Tracks Down Mail Thieves
A court record shows how the oft overlooked United States Postal Inspection Service turned to all manner of tech to investigate someone stealing from mailboxes.
By Joseph Cox
This article was produced in collaboration with 404 Media, a new independent technology investigations site.
To track down an alleged mail thief, a US postal inspector used license plate reader technology, GPS data collected by a rental car company, and, most damning of all, hid a camera inside one of the …
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