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Re: LPR firms argue First Amendment right to collect license plate data

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On 2014-02-16, cykros@devio.us <cykros@devio.us> wrote:
> Atom Cogswell <m8r-uu8mmb@mailinator.com> wrote:

>> In other news, citizens have the right to photograph the faces of
>> executives who work at License Plate Reader manufacturers, publish
>> their biographies on the internet, track the location of these
>> individuals, and publish their whereabouts, and that of their family
>> members, 24/7/365.
>> 
>> If the surveillance state is good for the goose, it's good for the
>> gander, no?

> All good; my usenet email, while real, is not one I ever check.
>
> And I would argue that in either case, surely stalking laws are being
> breached, no?  Perhaps we can get these corporations added to the
> public sex offender registry.  Hrm...

I'm with Atom Cogswell on this one.  Sooner or later license plates will
be the equivalent of RFID chips or something, and positions of vehicles
will be updated in realtime on master servers.  This is just a step in
that direction.  I can imagine if we ever make it into the land of
driverless cars (à la Google), the monitoring chip will be the first
piece to be attached to the chassé in the production line.

It will make crime TV shows more boring anyway.  "Where did they go?" "I
dunno, let's just pull up car.google.com and take a look.  Oh, there
they are.  Let's get 'em."

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LPR firms argue First Amendment right to collect license plate data cykros@devio.us - 2014-02-14 19:43 +0000
  Re: LPR firms argue First Amendment right to collect license plate data Atom Cogswell <m8r-uu8mmb@mailinator.com> - 2014-02-15 09:44 -0700
    Re: LPR firms argue First Amendment right to collect license plate data cykros@devio.us - 2014-02-16 03:16 +0000
      Re: LPR firms argue First Amendment right to collect license plate data RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-16 08:37 +0000
        Re: LPR firms argue First Amendment right to collect license plate data 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-16 09:37 -0500

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