What are the odds Palantir have something to do with this.
99 point 9 recurring, but that wasn't new information.
He saw an abandoned trailer, then uncovered a surveillance network
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#32I hope to operate one of these networks. Maybe I should apply to Y Combinator. Do they take applications that are too similar to previous applicants?
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The answer is always "because law enforcement is usually doing something illegal"
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#34There's no expectation of privacy in public areas. That's been the law of the land now for a long time.
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#35Is it illegal to put big cardboard boxes weighed down with rocks in front of these cameras? Asking for a friend.
Flock came to my town recently and I keep daydreaming about drones that can spray/drop paint.
Re: He saw an abandoned trailer, then uncovered a surveillance network
#36Funny, you can plainly see them in street view linked from the EFF map...
https://maps.app.goo.gl/bGcDQ8v8YhvN3f1q7
Here is one in a construction barrel
Re: He saw an abandoned trailer, then uncovered a surveillance network
#37There's no expectation of privacy in public areas. That's been the law of the land now for a long time.
>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,[a] against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Also:
>No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
Have been the law for a long time too and yet…
Re: He saw an abandoned trailer, then uncovered a surveillance network
#38Is it illegal to put big cardboard boxes weighed down with rocks in front of these cameras? Asking for a friend.
Flock came to my town recently and I keep daydreaming about drones that can spray/drop paint.
There might be people in your town who own all-black clothing and face masks.
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#39I assume every vehicle has been tracked for decades now. Remember when they simplified the design of license plates to make them easier for cameras to read? Why they feel the need to hide it though.
In the UK: " A record for all vehicles passing by a camera is stored, including those for vehicles that are not known to be of interest at the time of the read. At present ANPR cameras nationally, submit on average around 60 million ANPR ‘read’ records to national ANPR systems daily. " [1] (ANPR = Automatic Number Plate Recognition) The data is kept for 12 months. So basically if you get onto the police radar for wha…
So I'll say two things to that:
1) If your car is stolen, suddenly none of this capability exists, or is inaccessible to police for some reason. No one can actually just type in your reg and see where it was last seen, seemingly, even though it would be an easy way to locate criminals. And if you think well, thieves will just change the plates - no, stolen vehicles are frequently recovered on their original plates.
2) I keep saying various FB Police pages posting "we found this car X without MOT or tax, last time it was taxed in 2023!" so like...it's been driving for 3 years without anyone noticing? What are all those ANPR cameras for then??
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the UK: " A record for all vehicles passing by a camera is stored, including those for vehicles that are not known to be of interest at the time of the read. At present ANPR cameras nationally, submit on average around 60 million ANPR ‘read’ records to national ANPR systems daily. " [1] (ANPR = Automatic Number Plate Recognition) The data is kept for 12 months. So basically if you get onto the police radar for wha…
So I'll say two things to that: 1) If your car is stolen, suddenly none of this capability exists, or is inaccessible to police for some reason. No one can actually just type in your reg and see where it was last seen, seemingly, even though it would be an easy way to locate criminals. And if you think well, thieves will just change the plates - no, stolen vehicles are frequently recovered on their original plates. 2…
This is the police "prioritising".
Regarding your second point, I don't think you'd go scotch free but the police wouldn't bother coming to the registered keeper's address and attempt to seize the car. I believe you'd simply get automatic fines for no MOT or no insurance (plus penalty points).
So that's that as long as you don't tweet tendencious things because then they might send several cars to arrest you /s