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Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city

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Re: Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city

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Post by trendia »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #10

> Four council members, however, said they’re confident the information can be kept secure Based on what? The contract appears to be with a company that provides safety equipment, not electronics/surveillance equipment. How exactly is Mallory Safety & Supply a trusted security provider? > and that the system will increase safety for residents and police officers. Based on what? > They also said it may deter criminals…

My prediction: within a year, Mallory Safety & Supply will file a Firefox bug report requesting that no "login security threat" be shown on their super secure data portal login.

Re: Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city

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Post by cjensen »

pinaceae wrote: post #4

Fastrak already does this, using any toll crossing or paid express lane triggers it. Good luck entering SF from Marin without getting scanned.

Fastrak is shipped with a mylar bag that prevents scanning so you can have privacy on-demand. Also, Caltrans routinely scans Fastrak transponders silently in non-toll areas to gauge traffic flow.

Re: Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city

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Post by trendia »

sxates wrote: post #8
pinaceae wrote: post #4

Fastrak already does this, using any toll crossing or paid express lane triggers it. Good luck entering SF from Marin without getting scanned.

Just have to take an Uber.

Then you choose between a company tracking you or a city tracking you...

Re: Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city

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Post by costcopizza »

koolba wrote: post #7
pinaceae wrote: post #4

Fastrak already does this, using any toll crossing or paid express lane triggers it. Good luck entering SF from Marin without getting scanned.

Startup Idea! A service that provides an 18-wheeler to drive into with your vehicle that gets you into the city without being tagged (so basically it's the truck from Spy Hunter but with a phone app).

I bet your quip got down-voted because you didn't specify that the 18-wheeler would be autonomous.

Re: Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city

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Post by koolba »

costcopizza wrote: post #14
koolba wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Startup Idea! A service that provides an 18-wheeler to drive into with your vehicle that gets you into the city without being tagged (so basically it's the truck from Spy Hunter but with a phone app).

I bet your quip got down-voted because you didn't specify that the 18-wheeler would be autonomous.

At first it wouldn't be but that's just to get an MVP going (queue the blog post about getting a commercial drivers license so you can pilot the first truck yourself).

The plans for a full AI commanding a fleet of autonomous cars goes into the PPT for the seed round.

Re: Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city

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Post by salesguy222 »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #10

> Four council members, however, said they’re confident the information can be kept secure Based on what? The contract appears to be with a company that provides safety equipment, not electronics/surveillance equipment. How exactly is Mallory Safety & Supply a trusted security provider? > and that the system will increase safety for residents and police officers. Based on what? > They also said it may deter criminals…

In my opinion, just follow the money trail and relationship net:

Does Mallory have any cousins, dear friends, family members in Carlsbad city govt?

If so, it might explain why they won a contract ($$$!) for which they probably aren't qualified.

And if you want to take it deeper, you ask yourself if the program is even justified in the first place :)

Re: Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city

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Post by yellow_postit »

cjensen wrote: post #12
pinaceae wrote: post #4

Fastrak already does this, using any toll crossing or paid express lane triggers it. Good luck entering SF from Marin without getting scanned.

Fastrak is shipped with a mylar bag that prevents scanning so you can have privacy on-demand. Also, Caltrans routinely scans Fastrak transponders silently in non-toll areas to gauge traffic flow.

They still do ALPR from cameras to determine where to send the bill/ticket if you go through the lane without a pass.

Re: Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city

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Post by rayvd »

dang wrote: post #9
colemannugent wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Current article link still seems to have the same paywall. Interestingly, it's almost exactly the same paywall. Edit: Seems they're both owned by the same parent company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tronc#Current_properties

Twas worth a try.

Easy to bypass, just turn off Javascript temporarily and reload the page.

Re: Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city

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Post by jcranmer »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #10

> Four council members, however, said they’re confident the information can be kept secure Based on what? The contract appears to be with a company that provides safety equipment, not electronics/surveillance equipment. How exactly is Mallory Safety & Supply a trusted security provider? > and that the system will increase safety for residents and police officers. Based on what? > They also said it may deter criminals…

Mallory Safety & Supply is a distributor, not a manufacturer. Poking around, they seem to be advertising the sale of relevant law enforcement equipment for some time: " rel="nofollow">http://www.uscommunities.org/suppliers/safeware-mallory/>. Although it should be noted the original RFP only covered effectively firefighting safety equipment (" rel="nofollow">http://www.safewaremallory.com/pdf/SM_Master_Agreement.pdf>).

It looks like US Communities is a system whereby a jurisdiction can contract with a supplier for various goods and services and let other jurisdictions get the same goods and services from the supplier for the same price.

Re: Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city

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Post by jcranmer »

salesguy222 wrote: post #16
pavel_lishin wrote: post #10

> Four council members, however, said they’re confident the information can be kept secure Based on what? The contract appears to be with a company that provides safety equipment, not electronics/surveillance equipment. How exactly is Mallory Safety & Supply a trusted security provider? > and that the system will increase safety for residents and police officers. Based on what? > They also said it may deter criminals…

In my opinion, just follow the money trail and relationship net: Does Mallory have any cousins, dear friends, family members in Carlsbad city govt? If so, it might explain why they won a contract ($$$!) for which they probably aren't qualified. And if you want to take it deeper, you ask yourself if the program is even justified in the first place :)

I doubt it. Just looking at http://www.uscommunities.org/suppliers/safeware-mallory/ gives you a fairly good guess as to how Mallory might have been chosen.
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