Lan Barnes wrote:
On Wed, August 1, 2007 7:19 pm, Bob La Quey wrote:
Yep. We agree it is easy. Yep we agre that is also
easy for the cops to run your plates.
SS was tryinbg to make a case for it being hard to
prodcue the sticker. Not so.
BobLQ
I'm late to this discussion, but I would contend that there is a
significant difference between a squad car calling in a plate and
automatic cameras harvesting all plates that pass and archiving them for
later search. The one is a reasonable -- no necessary -- resource and
precaution. The cop needs to know before s/he approaches a stopped car.
The latter is an unwarranted invasion of privacy, ripe for totalitarian
abuse, because it would allow computer analysis tracking of ALL movement
of ALL vehicles at ALL times.
Agreed. But you missed one detail in the video. Before the harvester
even goes out, it downloads from the mainframe all plates of interest.
Then when it sees one, INSTANT hit. They're not waiting until later.
Nevertheless, you main point about tracking movements is duly noted and
agreed.
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