Automated License Plate Readers

The surveillance-economy kill chain

Sold as Ads, Used for Targeting

In April 2026 a US military command told Congress of threat reports that adversaries were exploiting commercial location data against personnel in theater. This brief asks how the ordinary advertising pipeline behind that data reaches the households of a protected population, and which of its inputs a principal can contest. Built from the command's written responses, a congressional letter, academic research on broker sales of military data and earlier tracking investigations. For family offices and security leads.

The walking sensor network.

Consumer smart glasses now ship in the millions, and the company behind the best known of them publishes research on wearable perception and mapping. Second of three briefs on worn cameras, this one asks what such footage could become once processed at scale, and what a principal can plan against before the collection is measurable. Built from that research and 2026 reporting, with forecasts marked. For principals and household managers governing residences and routines.