{"id":10075,"date":"2026-08-18T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=10075"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:34:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:34:06","slug":"wednesday-spy-hunt-dewey-square-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2026\/08\/18\/wednesday-spy-hunt-dewey-square-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: Spy Hunt, Dewey Square, Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/noalprs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Week of Action Against ALPRs<\/a> (Automated License Plate Readers) starts on August 16th. This Wednesday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/muslimjusticeleague.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Muslim Justice League<\/a> is organizing a spy (camera) hunt in Dewey Square. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Come out on August 19th at 5:30pm near South Station to learn how to identify ALPRs from different companies and then go out on a camera hunt to find all the spy cameras the Boston Regional Information Center (BRIC) setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We maintain a map of surveillance cameras in Massachusetts and elsewhere at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cctv.masspirates.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cctv.masspirates.org<\/a>. Our site pulls in surveillance camera data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/\">Open Street Map<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before you come out, take a look at our how-to guides on mapping surveillance cameras. You can find them at <a href=\"https:\/\/cctv.masspirates.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cctv.masspirates.org<\/a> and at our <a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/wiki\/Mapping_Surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mapping Surveillance wiki page<\/a>. Some of the guides you may find most helpful are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/wiki\/Holding_a_Mapping_Event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/masspirates.org\/wiki\/Holding_a_Mapping_Event<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/wiki\/Mapping_Cameras_with_Go_Map!!_on_the_iPhone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/masspirates.org\/wiki\/Mapping_Cameras_with_Go_Map!!_on_the_iPhone<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/wiki\/Mapping_Cameras_with_Vespucci_for_Android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/masspirates.org\/wiki\/Mapping_Cameras_with_Vespucci_for_Android<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The app guides show people how to use the specified apps to document the cameras they find\u00a0directly into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/\">Open Street Map<\/a>. Finally, we also have a <a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BABFFlyer.pdf\">PDF flyer with QR codes<\/a> to all the pages listed above and more you can print out and share with others:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BABFFlyer.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BABFFlyerWatchTheWatchmen.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BABFFlyerWatchTheWatchmen.jpeg 792w, https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BABFFlyerWatchTheWatchmen-300x232.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BABFFlyerWatchTheWatchmen-768x593.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Week of Action Against ALPRs (Automated License Plate Readers) starts on August 16th. 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