A woman drives with both hands on the wheel. Her phone sits face-down on her lap. No officer pulls her over. No lights flash. Weeks later, a $1,251 ticket arrives in the mail. The evidence: a single frame from a Camera surveillance app. The charge: phone use while driving.
Automated camera companies market their devices as automated license plate readers — tools for catching stolen cars, flagging warrants, and aiding serious investigations.
Sold as a Crime Tool. Used as a Fine Machine.
Uh why do you think that the private companies running the service are just going to do what they’re told? For that matter, what makes you think the government itself wants a privacy-first solution? It’s better to keep data indefinitely in case you need it in the future.
The law. It’s a legal requirement. I don’t have an insane paranoia.
Uhhhh
The article is about the US where cops are using ALPRs to track their exes
You REALLY sure people’s data is going to be kept safe there?
Good for you if Australia’s government isn’t into spying. I personally don’t trust a single government to have 24/7 recording video cameras everywhere.
The headline is about an event that took place in Australia. The article is just a crap one all around.
Ah fun, I didn’t even know about that since the original ticket’s location is never mentioned.
Well I’m still with the Americans on them not wanting it there. I don’t want it here either. Knowing the EU and my own country in particular, they’ll commission a big American tech company to provide it as a service. Maybe Palantir will start offering them lol