J.D. Tuccille Sounds Off About Cops Tracking Your License Plate
You can never get too much of a good thing, of course. And that good thing is me sharing my insights about new license plate recognition toys that let law-enforcement agents at the federal, state and local level track your movements by positioning cameras along the side of the road that photograph, identify and record your license plates. I wrote about the creepy-licious phenomenon a few days ago, and yesterday I appeared on RT to have my say.
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I want to get one of these toys, either by legit purchase, theft, or reverse engineering. Then I will connect it to a network and alert anyone who's listening when cops cars pass by it.
Me today, you tomorrow.
I want to know where my Senators are, and what places they go. Legal?
I don't care if its legal or not; its gonna happen.
No offense JD, but there goes another imaginary face shattered. Somehow I figured you as having more hair...
You're ten years too late for the hair. Ah, but once upon a time ...
Maybe you can get John Stossel to loan you the stache sometime. That might balance things out some.
Cornville!?
'fraid so. There's an old story about how that name is a mistake involving Post Office incompetence, but the story is almost as boring as the result.