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Number plates are just one of the privacy tracking technologies. Any modern connected car infotainment system will report and have that data sold or anything th
by aunty_helen 10mo ago
Number plates are just one of the privacy tracking technologies. Any modern connected car infotainment system will report and have that data sold or anything that has Bluetooth can be tracked.
- exhilaration 10mo agoRecent car tracking discussion here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46097624 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46097624
- snarf21 10mo agoIncluding the camera and microphone in our pocket that pings every cell tower every time we move.
- sodality2 10mo agoAt least as per Carpenter v. United States, that data requires a warrant, not just any cop/LEO in the country typing in a license plate with reasoning as 'investigation'. That's a much better standard.
- sodality2 10mo agoTo an extent this data is within our reach to stop (buy old car, unplug cellular modules, etc). With ALPRs the only option is moving.
- 1970-01-01 10mo agoBluetooth? You're overthinking this. We've been mandated to carry 4-5 transmitters per vehicle broadcasting their UIDs at 315 MHz since the mid 2000s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_TPMS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_TPMS
- EvanAnderson 10mo agoI have an SDR in a facility that is a public parking lot. It picks up TMPS incidentally and I'm definitely able to track individual vehicles.