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License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars (www.wired.com)

submitted 5 days ago by Xatolos@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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From Trump campaign signs to Planned Parenthood bumper stickers, license plate readers around the US are creating searchable databases that reveal Americans’ political leanings and more.

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[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Only for the government. The workaround for mass warrantless surveillance is to contract a private company. Since you don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy in public, it's not illegal to take a picture of your car as it drives by. You could do the same thing, just go outside your local police station and take pictures of the cars and write down the license plates and times they go by. Nobody will bother you because it's perfectly legal and the police obviously won't care that you're doing it because it's not illegal and they will thank you for making them feel safer.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

police obviously won’t care

Unless you're taking pictures of police vehicles, in which case they definitely care. Still not illegal, but they'll most likely harass you for it.

But hey, you can make a living suing police departments, there are worse things to spend your time on.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Federal civil rights lawsuit: any%

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

So what you’re saying we create a Credit Score system, but for guns. Might just work 🧐

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Since those cameras are so easy to deploy, it would be trivial to place them near gun stores and gun ranges, and other places frequented by gun owners, it's not a gun registry though. It's simply four catching criminals and for the children's safety of course. If you go against the police you are un-American