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It worries me greatly when communities, businesses, another private entities start recording the license plates.
by Simulacra 9y ago
It worries me greatly when communities, businesses, another private entities start recording the license plates.
- krapp 9y agoWhy? License plates are meant to be public, that's why they're on the outside of cars, where anyone can see them. It's no more sinister than knowing your name and address.
- vijayr 9y agoWhy? Your phone number is public, but you wouldn't be happy if the lat/long of your phone during various times of the day is public, right?
- krapp 9y agoMaybe not, but if I knew when I bought the phone that I would be legally required to carry a placard around with my current lat/long on it, I wouldn't be shocked if people knew where I was, even if I put the sign down once in a while. I've got no real issue with being able to cover your plates while parked, but doing so doesn't do much to prevent surveillance or identification - that much is even mentioned in the article.
- thomastjeffery 9y agoWalking around in public does not make it reasonable for someone to track where you are at every moment.
- krapp 9y agoHaving a license plate doesn't make it possible for someone to track where you are at every moment. Anyone is able to view a license plate in a public place. Just like names on mailboxes and house numbers, it's a publicly viewable identifier, not an Orwellian form of surveillance.
- brokenmachine 9y agoOh, you sweet summer child.
- brokenmachine 9y agoWould you have a problem with an all-seeing drone flying high above that tracks your every movement and is always recording your movements? http://www.radiolab.org/story/eye-sky/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/eye-sky/ Also, I don't want everyone knowing my name and address either. Why not post yours here? Or do you have something to hide?