Shady business and corruption on the government level regarding LPR's & similar cameras.
Any camera connected to the internet (Ring cameras) can have it's data shared with centralized AI to identify plates, cars, people, faces, pets, behavior patterns, ect.
Cameras aren't the problem, connecting them all to the internet and AI is. They used to be closed circuit recording to local hard drives, or only accessible to a small area (home, business, mall, city, DOT, ect).