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License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars (www.wired.com)
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From Trump campaign signs to Planned Parenthood bumper stickers, license plate readers around the US are creating searchable databases that reveal Americans’ political leanings and more.

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[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wonder if it would be illegal to put IR lights around your plate to blind the camera ...

Gears turning...

Yep. Then automatic tolls and traffic cams can't track you. Cop would pull you over real quick.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

If you rtfa you'd see there is already an easy workaround for this. You just need to be driving faster than 150mph and the camera can't read the plate.

Also, this isn't what the article is about. I think it bad enough there is a network of cops and scumbags (guess that's redundant) recording all this LP data into the DRN network, but it's being abused to go well beyond LP data as a free for all search of acquired imagery.