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Los Angeles Just Proposed the Worst Use of License Plate Reader Data in History
- sharemywin 11y agothe worst use would probably be to just put a database up with all history open to everyone. searchable by owner name.
- bpchaps 11y agoChicago Tribune pretty much did this after a FOIA request for red light data was published. It's not searchable by owner name, but it's still pretty terrible. http://apps.chicagotribune.com/news/local/red-light-camera-tickets/ http://apps.chicagotribune.com/news/local/red-light-camera-t... http://apps.chicagotribune.com/news/local/red-light-camera-tickets/data/chicago-rlc-data.zip http://apps.chicagotribune.com/news/local/red-light-camera-t... The data's enough to get videos from: http://www.chicagophotociteweb.com/ http://www.chicagophotociteweb.com/
- Fjolsvith 11y agoThis is the slippery slope that started with publishing sex offenders' crimes.
- Fjolsvith 11y agoAlso submitted at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10640989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10640989