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From the Ted Talk by Catherine Crump: The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police track about you

Unscramble the Blue Letters

When Mike Katz-Lacabe asked his local police dpmearetnt for information about the plate reader data they had on him, this is what they got: in addition to the date, time and location, the police department had photographs that cptruaed where he was going and often who he was with. The second photo from the top is a picture of Mike and his two daughters getting out of their car in their own dvwariey. The grneenomvt has hdndrues of photos like this about Mike going about his daily life. And if you drive a car in the United States, I would bet money that they have photographs like this of you going about your dlaiy life.

Open Cloze

When Mike Katz-Lacabe asked his local police __________ for information about the plate reader data they had on him, this is what they got: in addition to the date, time and location, the police department had photographs that ________ where he was going and often who he was with. The second photo from the top is a picture of Mike and his two daughters getting out of their car in their own ________. The __________ has ________ of photos like this about Mike going about his daily life. And if you drive a car in the United States, I would bet money that they have photographs like this of you going about your _____ life.

Solution

  1. government
  2. captured
  3. department
  4. driveway
  5. daily
  6. hundreds

Original Text

When Mike Katz-Lacabe asked his local police department for information about the plate reader data they had on him, this is what they got: in addition to the date, time and location, the police department had photographs that captured where he was going and often who he was with. The second photo from the top is a picture of Mike and his two daughters getting out of their car in their own driveway. The government has hundreds of photos like this about Mike going about his daily life. And if you drive a car in the United States, I would bet money that they have photographs like this of you going about your daily life.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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