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No. It was wonderful when the person who worked the deli at a customer site where I worked for a few weeks learned my face and remembered what I liked to order.
by LeifCarrotson 5y ago
No. It was wonderful when the person who worked the deli at a customer site where I worked for a few weeks learned my face and remembered what I liked to order. If I wanted privacy, though, I could get it.
However, scale matters. An action being condoned between two individuals does not imply that it's acceptable when repeated millions of times.
It shouldn't generate any outrage if a police officer tailed a suspect from a vehicle description and (publicly visible!) license plate number. It should generate outrage if the police department installs automated license plate readers at intersections throughout the city, and it becomes impossible to drive anywhere without being tracked.
- lotsofpulp 5y ago>and it becomes impossible to drive anywhere without being tracked. Might want to start with the mobile networks saving your phone’s location history. I do not mind the use of license plate readers on cops’ cars, if cops are actually going to start pulling over people who have not paid car taxes or are not displaying license plates or do not have insurance. I would also like automated variate rate congestion tolling with license plate readers. That would help manage road capacity and grid lock, and make the costs of commuting more transparent.