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The DB5 in Goldfinger (1964) had revolving licence plates. A cursory Google search comes up with some shady websites that sell similar tech, but it would be a nice DIY project to make a licence plate screen that can be changed on the fly (e-ink based maybe). Has anyone tried it?
Anybody here ever worked with their local PD to get access to the ALPR data? Seems like the work to do it would be more political/bureaucratic than technical.
The gist of it: I can subscribe to location updates for any license plate that I want, without knowledge or consent from the owner of that car.
look up the largest company in menlo park...
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> A bike is a great mode of transportation when you don't need to carry anything heavy, bulky, passengers etc. and when weather permits. My family uses our cargo bikes as our primary mode of transportation year round. It turns out that children were allowed to leave the house prior to the invention of cars and continue to be capable of wearing jackets in the winter. Many even like the snow. The key thing to understan…
I don't really disagree with your points, but your usecase is nowhere near the norm where I live or how I live. I'm perfectly fine with city dwellers having more bikes (if they so choose), whatever helps the traffic and parking in the cities. My point still stands that in no way is a bike a replacement for all the utilities of a vehicle, whether you're offloading that by renting, borrowing, etc. I'll drive my vehicle…
This came up in a thread elsewhere about the severe increase in vehicle thefts in the Portland area. These thefts are not actively investigated by the police, so it would be nice if the owner of a vehicle could get relevant data for the movement/location of the stolen vehicle. Anybody here ever worked with their local PD to get access to the ALPR data? Seems like the work to do it would be more political/bureaucratic…
I came to the conclusion that the data is only available to defend the well connected, or to persecute their enemies (at least in the US).
I think the creation of mass tracking databases should be illegal.
Barring that, every single person should have equal access to it. (Perhaps gated behind filing a police report and swearing it is correct under penalty of perjury.)
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yep! There are so many people thinking "I did nothing wrong, who cares if I get tracked".... publish it all, and then have all the neighbours have access to that, the wife can see when you left the bar, your boss can see when you left, etc... only then will people be aware that it's not ok to do that. There are also laws (not sure if accepted yet) that all cars should have remote shutdowns/blocks.. for "security reas…
"publish it all, and then have all the neighbours have access to that, the wife can see when you left the bar, your boss can see when you left, etc... only then will people be aware that it's not ok to do that." If really everyone would participate, I would give it a try. Would disrupt a lot, but might end up with a honest society. But in reality, if you have money, you can circumvent tracking, in varius ways. I beli…
Do you really want your health insurance company to know that you parked outside a doctor's office, who specializes in skin cancers? You just went for a check-up, but they might want to increase your payments or even cancel your coverage entirely.
Then good luck finding another insurance provider, since they all have that information now.
Or how about all future potential employers knowing that you once visited a union office?
There are so many cases, where people "who have nothing to hide" can't imagine where this could bite them in the future.
You (or your wife/daughter/girlfriend/secretary, etc.) visit a Planned Parenthood? Everyone - including your pastor - now has that info.
You go to a job interview at a competitor? Your boss now knows that.
We have no idea who or what groups who might want to snoop in where we park our cars.
The possibilities for abuse are endless. And as always, we have no way of predicting what use-cases unethical individuals will come up with as these things roll out.
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A bike is a great mode of transportation when you don't need to carry anything heavy, bulky, passengers etc. and when weather permits. It's not a replacement for a vehicle, nor will it ever be.
> A bike is a great mode of transportation when you don't need to carry anything heavy, bulky, passengers etc. and when weather permits. My family uses our cargo bikes as our primary mode of transportation year round. It turns out that children were allowed to leave the house prior to the invention of cars and continue to be capable of wearing jackets in the winter. Many even like the snow. The key thing to understan…
This came up in a thread elsewhere about the severe increase in vehicle thefts in the Portland area. These thefts are not actively investigated by the police, so it would be nice if the owner of a vehicle could get relevant data for the movement/location of the stolen vehicle. Anybody here ever worked with their local PD to get access to the ALPR data? Seems like the work to do it would be more political/bureaucratic…
We tried and failed, but it was not ALPR data. I came to the conclusion that the data is only available to defend the well connected, or to persecute their enemies (at least in the US). I think the creation of mass tracking databases should be illegal. Barring that, every single person should have equal access to it. (Perhaps gated behind filing a police report and swearing it is correct under penalty of perjury.)
Agreed on the dismal assessments, but those DBs are going to be created and we might as well extract some value as citizens.
Would you mind summarizing your attempt and any lessons learned (other than the disappointment mentioned)?