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License plate numbers are old fashioned. Can't we get something more secure? E.g. plate numbers that change every hour would be a good start. I don't like to drive around with a giant cookie strapped to my car.
Great, more expensive electronic crap in/on the car to break...
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All this is assuming one travels exclusively by car. Bikes, public transport, or walking are not as easy to track using this system. Then again, these modes of transport are less popular in the US; I guess such a surveillance system is extra effective in the US because of that.
Less popular because it’s not feasible for many. I live in MN. Biking 20mi to work when it’s -10F and in 6” of fresh snow on top of the 12” received so far this season just isn’t something that’s safe to do. Please don’t make it seem like it’s a “popularity” thing; it’s a necessity thing.
License plate numbers are old fashioned. Can't we get something more secure? E.g. plate numbers that change every hour would be a good start. I don't like to drive around with a giant cookie strapped to my car.
I’m curious; what database are they using? Or does Flock allow queries to their database?
Besides the obvious privacy concern: at the very least in my state (Illinois), it's not lawful for public bodies to disclose the license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras, so this data set is necessarily incomplete. But, give it a year or two, and you can replace this whole website with a black background and 72 point white bold text "YES".
at the very least in my state (Illinois), it's not lawful for public bodies to disclose the license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras, so this data set is necessarily incomplete
Enter a license plate to see if it's one of the 2,207,426 plates seen in the 27,177,268 Flock searches we know about.Earlier quoted context omitted.
Less popular because it’s not feasible for many. I live in MN. Biking 20mi to work when it’s -10F and in 6” of fresh snow on top of the 12” received so far this season just isn’t something that’s safe to do. Please don’t make it seem like it’s a “popularity” thing; it’s a necessity thing.
driving is also not feasible in those conditions. with the availability of remote work you should really stay home.
Besides the obvious privacy concern: at the very least in my state (Illinois), it's not lawful for public bodies to disclose the license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras, so this data set is necessarily incomplete. But, give it a year or two, and you can replace this whole website with a black background and 72 point white bold text "YES".
at the very least in my state (Illinois), it's not lawful for public bodies to disclose the license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras, so this data set is necessarily incomplete It's not a dataset of license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras. It's a dataset of license plate numbers that have been entered into search tools. Enter a license plate to see if it's one of the 2,207,426 plates seen in the 27,177,268 F…
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I'm sure that's their state license plate motto regardless of your moral objection
In Wooley v. Maynard SCOTUS held that NH could not require it's citizens to use a license plate displaying the state motto.
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In Wooley v. Maynard SCOTUS held that NH could not require it's citizens to use a license plate displaying the state motto.
It's still their license plate motto and it's still not dependent on your moral objection
I get that HN attracts a certain amount of pedantry, but I can't figure out what exactly you're even trying to be pedantic about. There's not single comment here that could be reasonably interpreted as suggesting that "live free or die" isn't their motto
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at the very least in my state (Illinois), it's not lawful for public bodies to disclose the license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras, so this data set is necessarily incomplete It's not a dataset of license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras. It's a dataset of license plate numbers that have been entered into search tools. Enter a license plate to see if it's one of the 2,207,426 plates seen in the 27,177,268 F…
Yeah, and Illinois law defines that as "ALPR data" and restricts its disclosure.
I commented before realizing that someone else already made the same point earlier, and you already explained that the law covers more than what you mentioned in your first comment.