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None of this is new. The article states that CBP got authorization to track license plates in 2017 and concerns about law enforcement use of ALPR date back to a

by pnw 11mo ago

None of this is new. The article states that CBP got authorization to track license plates in 2017 and concerns about law enforcement use of ALPR date back to at least 2010. The ACLU sued the LAPD in 2013 on ALPR.

spicyusername 11mo ago
I mean, the last 20 years is only ~8% of the history of the U.S., so all things considered those changes are pretty "new".
- pnw 11mo ago
  Sure, but the OP was specifically referring to party politics and this is a bipartisan issue.
  - peterashford 11mo ago
    "detaining those with suspicious travel patterns" is new
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    - potato3732842 11mo ago
      No it is not. The DEA has been doing that since at least the 2nd Bush admin and probably would've been under Clinton or Bush 1 had the tech existed at the time.
  - nawgz 11mo ago
    > this is a bipartisan issue Where the instance upthread and your instance both occurred under the same president? lol
dragonwriter 11mo ago
The particular manner in which it is being used can be different even if the fact that is being used by CBP is not.
ActorNightly 11mo ago
>CBP got authorization to track license plates in 2017 who was president in 2017?
root_axis 11mo ago
The part that's new is people being detained for "suspicious" traffic patterns.
- jasonfarnon 11mo ago
  Is it? or is the new part that it's being reported? This "news" just looks like an investigation AP conducted on its own. Could they have conducted it years ago, and what would they have found then?
  - estearum 11mo ago
    Historically CBP isn't patrolling the entire country, so yeah, at least the scale and reach is definitely new.
  - potato3732842 11mo ago
    This. TFA barely glanced at it but they mentioned "collaboration with the DEA". The DEA has been jerking off about how they've been doing this stuff on the east coast corridor for over a decade. The current CBP situation is basically a Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Ctrl+V Ctrl+V Ctrl+V of what DEA was doing under Bush and Obama.

by pnw 11mo ago

spicyusername 11mo ago

I mean, the last 20 years is only ~8% of the history of the U.S., so all things considered those changes are pretty "new".

pnw 11mo ago
Sure, but the OP was specifically referring to party politics and this is a bipartisan issue.
- peterashford 11mo ago
  "detaining those with suspicious travel patterns" is new
  - deleted 11mo ago
    [deleted]
  - potato3732842 11mo ago
    No it is not. The DEA has been doing that since at least the 2nd Bush admin and probably would've been under Clinton or Bush 1 had the tech existed at the time.
- nawgz 11mo ago
  > this is a bipartisan issue Where the instance upthread and your instance both occurred under the same president? lol

dragonwriter 11mo ago

The particular manner in which it is being used can be different even if the fact that is being used by CBP is not.

ActorNightly 11mo ago

>CBP got authorization to track license plates in 2017 who was president in 2017?

root_axis 11mo ago

The part that's new is people being detained for "suspicious" traffic patterns.

jasonfarnon 11mo ago
Is it? or is the new part that it's being reported? This "news" just looks like an investigation AP conducted on its own. Could they have conducted it years ago, and what would they have found then?
- estearum 11mo ago
  Historically CBP isn't patrolling the entire country, so yeah, at least the scale and reach is definitely new.
- potato3732842 11mo ago
  This. TFA barely glanced at it but they mentioned "collaboration with the DEA". The DEA has been jerking off about how they've been doing this stuff on the east coast corridor for over a decade. The current CBP situation is basically a Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Ctrl+V Ctrl+V Ctrl+V of what DEA was doing under Bush and Obama.