WASHINGTON (AP) — Chances are, your local or state police departments have photographs of your car in their files, noting where you were driving on a particular day, even if you never did anything wrong.
Using automated scanners, law enforcement agencies across the country have amassed millions of digital records on the location and movement of every vehicle with a license plate, according to a study published Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union. Affixed to police cars, bridges or buildings, the scanners capture images of passing or parked vehicles and note their location, uploading that information into police databases. Departments keep the records for weeks or years, sometimes indefinitely.
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ReplyDeleteI feel this can be useful in tracking repeat offenders of DUI. Drinking and driving is deadly, so maybe if the court system keeps putting them back behind the wheel of a car, the cops can keep track of them and watch them to prevent more accidents.
ReplyDeleteDear God, 7:12...If you are THAT stupid, shoot YOURSELF in the head...forced DNA submissions could also "be useful" in tracking criminals. So could thousands more Nazi "checkpoints". And the same goes for thousands more drones, watching everything we do...might as well let the NSA loose on us full scale, too. How about unannounced, random house searches, too?? You are the epitomy of the person who believes if you just sacrifice a bit of freedom, you'll be "secure". Thats NOT how it usually ends, though...
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