Defense contractor Leonardo is promoting a new technology called SignalTrace that will package plate cameras with sensors that can scrape unique identifiers tied to your smart devices and make that data available to law enforcement.
Police, border security, and other government agencies already comprise Leonardo’s customer base, and with this technology, those clients seek to correlate footage from these cameras to phones, tablets, wearables, AirTags, and, naturally, the electronics inside cars themselves.
If SignalTrace can pick up your Bluetooth headphones, you can be sure it’ll also be looking out for your vehicle’s 5G hotspot, infotainment system, and even its tire pressure monitoring sensors. The company includes pet microchips as a potential entry point to tracking.
I did not know tpms used radios for local comm. I would thought they'd used a type of rotary union like you see on semis with auto inflate tires.
Leave it to manufacturers to find the cheapest solution thats worse for everyone.
Yup! 315 mhz, and each one broadcasts a unique identifier, making it easy to see which four sensors are yours.