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>The government can aggregate this data and build movement patterns on all citizens. Yes. So? Sounds useful. Sounds like the Google maps data that people used
by thrwyoilarticle 6y ago
>The government can aggregate this data and build movement patterns on all citizens.
Yes. So? Sounds useful. Sounds like the Google maps data that people used to track lockdowns. Now you don't need to pay for traffic censuses.
- carlhjerpe 6y agoAsk someone in China how they're feeling about being constantly monitored in every concieveable way. You'll of course think "Well that's China, we don't have that kind of mass surveillance here". And then one bill after another you're right there in the boat with them.
- thrwyoilarticle 6y agoThen ANPR is hardly the bottleneck. If they're able to get the tracking legislated, they'll be able to get cameras. If we're going to avoid technology just for vague allusions to dictatorships, we should get rid of the autobahn too. You could ask the victims of the FBI's 'Highway Serial Killings' initiative how they'd feel about it. But they're dead.