The Infinite Brief

The pitch, as outlined in the files, went well beyond mere toll enforcement and into profiling New Yorkers’ travel patterns and companions, creating what experts describe as major privacy risks.

According to an internal presentation released by the Perceptics hacker, the company pitched New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority earlier this year on how Perceptics’ car-scanning camera arrays could help the MTA track down drivers.

An MTA spokesperson told The Intercept that “all details are still to be determined” regarding congestion pricing enforcement.