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I work in the public safety domain. You don’t even need a tracker on vehicles. There are several camera startups in this space, such as Flock Safety, which can

by cebert 3y ago

I work in the public safety domain. You don’t even need a tracker on vehicles. There are several camera startups in this space, such as Flock Safety, which can scan for plates and particular vehicle descriptions and alert law enforcement. These devices are more common than you’d think. Agencies can also enter data sharing agreements. I work on the consuming end of data from systems like this. [1]https://www.flocksafety.com/ https://www.flocksafety.com/ [2]https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2024/02/27/flock-safety-surveillance-broke-state-law/?sh=2f238f202a8f https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2024/02/27/flock...

lettergram 3y ago
I was just talking to a coworker about this. Imo it should be illegal, but what ever I guess haha Basically, no need for a warrant any more. As long as it’s “in view of the public” they can track you entirely. Champaign IL set these up on almost every intersection.
- noduerme 3y ago
  Massively gathered warrantless spying on the genpop should be illegal ...when it comes to tracking car license plates? I mean, compared to facial recognition and cell phone tracking, it seems quaint.
linkjuice4all 3y ago
Is there an option for the public/non-law enforcement to access or pay to get this data? I know we're not getting the toothpaste back in the tube so we (the general public) might as well get some benefit from it. There are a lot of government officials driving around doing non-sensitive/non-law enforcement work so they should have no expectation of privacy and no qualified immunity or some other exception related to active investigations. This seems like a great way to ensure accountability of our representatives - if they'll let us.
- tjpnz 3y ago
  A la Elon Jet but for the vehicles of publicly elected officials? I think we should have the right to keep tabs on them given how prone they are to misbehaving.

by cebert 3y ago

lettergram 3y ago

I was just talking to a coworker about this. Imo it should be illegal, but what ever I guess haha Basically, no need for a warrant any more. As long as it’s “in view of the public” they can track you entirely. Champaign IL set these up on almost every intersection.

noduerme 3y ago
Massively gathered warrantless spying on the genpop should be illegal ...when it comes to tracking car license plates? I mean, compared to facial recognition and cell phone tracking, it seems quaint.

linkjuice4all 3y ago

Is there an option for the public/non-law enforcement to access or pay to get this data? I know we're not getting the toothpaste back in the tube so we (the general public) might as well get some benefit from it. There are a lot of government officials driving around doing non-sensitive/non-law enforcement work so they should have no expectation of privacy and no qualified immunity or some other exception related to active investigations. This seems like a great way to ensure accountability of our representatives - if they'll let us.

tjpnz 3y ago
A la Elon Jet but for the vehicles of publicly elected officials? I think we should have the right to keep tabs on them given how prone they are to misbehaving.