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License Plate Readers?

Should license plate readers be used?


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You've never used a database...I've used similar programs (in the private industry), at this time storage is only getting cheaper. Data will never be erased and correlating data is getting easier. If you own a car, use a phone/laptop etc. you are tracked 24/7 whether you're at work (by your employer) or out in public (by gov. or employer).

Sorry, I was under the impression we were talking about a specific police investigatory tool whose purpose is supposedly to determine if someone should be stopped or not. They don't need to know anything about me at this point, except whether the car is stolen or I (the owner) am on a warrant or want list.

What you just mentioned is irrelelvant when talking about limiting the use of such a tool to it's stated purpose.
 
private companies i can live with, the government i cannot.
 
Sorry, I was under the impression we were talking about a specific police investigatory tool whose purpose is supposedly to determine if someone should be stopped or not. They don't need to know anything about me at this point, except whether the car is stolen or I (the owner) am on a warrant or want list.

What you just mentioned is irrelelvant when talking about limiting the use of such a tool to it's stated purpose.

Why limit data if it is lawful? Why not search later if there was a crime in that vicinity? You provide a set of criteria without actual reason.
 
Why limit data if it is lawful? Why not search later if there was a crime in that vicinity? You provide a set of criteria without actual reason.

The reason is our ideas of privacy seem different. I do not believe that because information about me exists, YOU have a right to know it. I have always been particularly concerned about all the unnecessary information we are required to give in order to simply co-exist and conduct business. Maybe if I intended to marry you that would call for more information than just that acquired by our prior acquaintance. But why should Joe Shmo next door have access to all my personal information just cuz he's a nosey parker?

Unless I have done something wrong, the cops don't need to know any more about me than that. Let me go on my merry way while they go on theirs and it's all good.
 
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