Massive License Plate Scanner Networks Track Cars Of Citizens Suspected Only Of Needing To Drive From Place To Place
Tami Abdollah writes for the AP:
LOS ANGELES -- A rapidly expanding digital network that uses cameras mounted to traffic signals and police cruisers captures the movements of millions of vehicles across the U.S., regardless of whether the drivers are being investigated by law enforcement...."If I'm not being investigated for a crime, there shouldn't be a secret police file on me" that details "where I go, where I shop, where I visit," said Michael Robertson, a tech entrepreneur fighting in court for access to his own files. "That's crazy, Nazi police-type stuff."
A San Diego judge has tentatively ruled that a local government agency can deny Robertson's request for scans on his own vehicle under California's open records law because the information pertains to police investigations.
Disgusting. You are guilty of no crime, but information on the level of information collected on you is unavailable -- to you.
via @adamkissel
They also use them to repo your car! Paid for by your taxpayer $$$
Ppen at September 19, 2014 11:53 PM
...because the information pertains to police investigations.
So this bench-warming genius has implied that everyone who drives a car in California is technically under investigation by the police.
Please tell me why we shouldn't have a very, very, big problem with that.
drcos at September 20, 2014 5:37 AM
"Please tell me why we shouldn't have a very, very, big problem with that."
Didn't you learn ANYTHING from 9/11?
If the police and people who would love to be the police but aren't qualified to do anything but snoop through your luggage at the airport aren't given 100% freedom to do whatever they want, the terrorists win.
Uniform = hero. 9/11.
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at September 20, 2014 1:16 PM
My Pirate Girl wondered how the cop knew her registration was expired, when he was IN FRONT of her... d'oh! He had a license scanner, no doubt.
jefe at September 21, 2014 1:23 PM
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