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Where did the license plate information come from?

• tareqak 7y ago
  Just a guess, but maybe the CBP takes pictures of the license plate at land border crossings?
  • docbrown 7y ago
    if not pictures, i would say license plate numbers are at least recorded digitally inside of their report.
    • tareqak 7y ago
      If they took a decent picture, then they could identify something that looks like the license plate and then use OCR to compute the number and store that.
  • Spooky23 7y ago
    CBP does more than that. They have a joint venture with DEA to have fairly comprehensive coverage of interstates. Also, private companies offer LPR services and sharing, not sure if this company did or if that database was breached.
• ggcdn 7y ago
  I would think it's from cameras at vehicle border crossings. You can see an example here: https://goo.gl/maps/GRAY5GVnAYLr7aSZ8 https://goo.gl/maps/GRAY5GVnAYLr7aSZ8
  • mehrdadn 7y ago
    Ohh I see, okay thanks.
  • velosol 7y ago
    Not just land border crossings - there are also CBP-maintained checkpoints [1] within the '100-mile zone'. [1]: https://goo.gl/maps/Nfk1XjUFGsNh5QD29 https://goo.gl/maps/Nfk1XjUFGsNh5QD29