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Find Nearby Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR)

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Re: Find Nearby Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR)

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This is a list of datasets, not of restrictions, it seems? When they say “ Information captured at the Roadside Automatic Number Plate Recognition system. Only vehicles matching specified criteria (e.g. expired test) are captured.” - meaning, that’s what in the dataset. But they have to read every plate to check its expiration status etc. they just don’t put it in this dataset. But also … how is ANPR in Europe PII? I…

In Norway the plates to owner database is public, and you can either use the free government service or for profit ones. To look them up. Basically ownership of vehicles is not viewed as private information. So it isn’t covered by privacy legislation. But tracking where the car is, that is covered. That doesn’t stop, speed traps reading car plates, nor parking tracking with cameras. But that info can’t be sold for ot…

Interesting. That's not the case in most countries as far as I know - there isn't a way to look up a car owner from the plate (for free or for pay; law enforcement of course can look it up).

Income in Sweden is IIRC also public, perhaps in Norway too - and that's also private almost everywhere else.

Re: Find Nearby Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR)

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That didn't work for cellular location data, it probably won't work for license plate readers.

Did I miss a large leak of cellular location data? I would have guessed that would make headlines.

Yeah, historically a lot of the aggregators of cellular location data have had huge security issues.

One of them even had a demo page open to the internet that just had a 'Has consent?" checkbox. Showed me my own location within two blocks without any real validation of consent. No options from the vendor to disable this.

Contacting T-Mobile just gets you a PO Box you can mail a letter to.

An article on one of them from years ago:

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/tracking-firm-locationsm...

Re: Find Nearby Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR)

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post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did I miss a large leak of cellular location data? I would have guessed that would make headlines.

Yeah, historically a lot of the aggregators of cellular location data have had huge security issues. One of them even had a demo page open to the internet that just had a 'Has consent?" checkbox. Showed me my own location within two blocks without any real validation of consent. No options from the vendor to disable this. Contacting T-Mobile just gets you a PO Box you can mail a letter to. An article on one of them f…

I didn't thank you when I read your source last week. I appreciated it.
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