> This is really scary, scary stuff Perhaps. It's been happening for a decade in the UK though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_number_plate_recognitio

> This is really scary, scary stuff Perhaps. It's been happening for a decade in the UK though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_number_plate_recognition_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_number_plate_recogni... > Vehicle movements on UK roads are recorded by a > network of nearly 8000 cameras capturing between 25 > and 30 million ANPR ‘read’ records daily. These > records are stored for up to two years in the > National ANPR Data Centre Generally no effort is made to disguise it. Police cars have the letters ANPR stamped on them in big letters if they're carrying one. The profiling you're worried about happening is explicitly touted as an aim of the UK government effort. The UK approach often appears to be pro-surveillance, and then letting the courts work out what constitutes reasonable usage, a luxury afforded by having such a robust and independent legislature.