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[–] BalooWasWahoo@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

red light and speed cameras are illegal in my state

License plate readers are not covered by those two bans. Trust me, they are everywhere in the states, and the technology/software to set them up is so easy, that a private citizen who was bored was able to build one. The various governments have much nicer setups.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, those are legal, but pretty much limited to law enforcement and paid parking lots. Since police can't issue citations based on video evidence alone, they're not nearly as common here as elsewhere. Private businesses could probably grab that from security cameras (e.g. gas stations), but that should, in most cases, require a subpoena.

I rarely go places where license plate readers are common, so those data points are pretty few and far between. If I was running from the law, I'd certainly act differently, but the police have no reason to request a subpoena, so I'm unlikely to be tracked.

It is possible though, and I really don't like that. But it's just not likely.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

We're not talking tickets we are talking tracking you...

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Do you have evidence of how prevalent these are in his state?