Privacy groups warn that flying plate readers could expand surveillance far beyond roadside cameras.
My knee jerk was a polarized cover like those privacy phone screens. Visible from straight back, but opaque at an angle.
Bit of digging says these products exist, but most don’t work as advertised, and can land you in legal trouble for using one. Some states will even pull you over just for having a cover, with no other infraction necessary.
So… this is not the way.
Any other ideas?
I think we should all pick up skeet shooting. The. cops will provide the pidgeons.
Where the hell is the accountability and the consequences for these guys?
Time to drive 90 everywhere so that the drones can’t keep up
It’s almost like cars are at the heart of every major problem facing humanity…
“License plate readers” is a lie to get municipalities to install them. They are AI surveillance cameras designed to track individuals using any information the cameras can pick up. Reading license plates is just an excuse to get them installed. They are installed in many places where there are no cars at all.
Capitalism
bullshit… it’s government not having accountability for corruption and crimes.
a hunk of metal isn’t the problem… money and rich pricks are
Ok. Say we get rid of the “Money and rich pricks.” What are we left with?
Massive amounts of expensive materials mainly containing oil and still acquired through slave labour. To say nothing of how inherently dangerous they are to drive, and the logistical nightmare that is trying to make roads efficient (EDIT: Let alone safe) for them AND pedestrians simultaneously.
And that’s also not mentioning how much cobalt and coltan the modern deathtraps require, which are exclusively products of the apartheid exploitation of Africa.
