Protect Hoosier Privacy From Unregulated Surveillance Technology

I am writing to ask you to act on a fast-moving surveillance technology that Indiana law does not currently address.  This month, the investigative outlet 404 Media reported on a powerful and intrusive surveillance system called ELSAG SignalTrace, (built by an Italian defense contractor called Leonardo) that is being marketed to U.S. law enforcement. See https://www.404media.co/this-company-will-add-phone-airpod-and-smartwatch-trackers-to-license-plate-readers/ Unlike a traditional license-plate reader, SignalTrace is designed to clip onto the cameras already mounted across our streets and sweep the radio signals of every device that passes: Bluetooth from phones and earbuds, Wi-Fi signatures from laptops, fitness trackers and smartwatches, a car's own sensors, RFID key cards, and even an implanted pet microchip.  These identifiers are time-stamped, linked to your license plate, and stored for future searches. Leonardo calls the result an "electronic fingerprint," and its own materials note the system can keep tracking a person even after they change vehicles or remove a plate.  This matters for Indiana. We are one of the most camera-saturated states in the country.  SignalTrace is built to bolt onto exactly that infrastructure. And because Leonardo sells through federal cooperative-purchasing channels open to state and local agencies, an Indiana agency could add device-fingerprinting sensors without a new competitive bid and without any public notice. Hoosiers would never know.  This is warrantless, indefinite, suspicionless collection of personal data from people accused of nothing. Indiana's existing laws govern plate images only. They say nothing about the device signals that your phone, watch, and car broadcast constantly.  l urge you to do 5 things:  1. Introduce or co-sponsor legislation in the 2027 session that extends Indiana privacy protections to device and radio-frequency identifiers (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, RFID), not just license-plate images.  2. Require a judicial warrant before any Indiana agency may collect or retain device-signal data, prohibit indefinite retention, and mandate access logging and public transparency.  3. Bar state and local agencies from acquiring device-fingerprinting surveillance, including through federal cooperative-purchasing programs, without explicit legislative authorization and advance public notice.  4. Prohibit sharing this data with out-of-state agencies.  5. Request an interim study committee hearing on radio-frequency and device surveillance before the 2027 session convenes.  Thank you for taking this seriously before the technology arrives.