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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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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ours apparently does, but nobody follows that law, and I've never seen it enforced.

  • a - easy fix, drive a beater
  • b - the only tolls in my area use a sensor

If you didn't want to use a tracking sensor for tolls, can't you just pay cash? Whenever I visit Florida, that's what I do. It sucks when the machine is busted, but then I just chuck my change at it and go.

[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They've been dismantling cash toll stops to erect automated readers in their place.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dang. I haven't been to Florida (or anywhere with tolls) for a few years, but I knew plate readers were an option, but I thought cash tolls were still quite prevalent.

That's a privacy nightmare.

[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 2 points 1 month ago

I've resigned myself to just pre planning longer routes to avoid tolls. I am not putting a transponder in my car and I am certainly not going pay for that privilege or to help normalize it.