Xatolos@reddthat.com to

Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars

593

License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars

Xatolos@reddthat.com to

Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

From Trump campaign signs to Planned Parenthood bumper stickers, license plate readers around the US are creating searchable databases that reveal Americans’ political leanings and more.

From Trump campaign signs to Planned Parenthood bumper stickers, license plate readers around the US are creating searchable databases that reveal Americans’ political leanings and more.

Chat

Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
link
fedilink
English
arrow-up
11
arrow-down
1·
edit-2
3 months ago
They already do this to flag potential traffickers. I’m not sure what we want has anything to do with what happens.

Technology@lemmy.world

technology@lemmy.world

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !technology@lemmy.world

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

2.95K users / day
7.92K users / week
14.9K users / month
32.6K users / 6 months
14 local subscribers
60K subscribers
12.9K Posts
573K Comments
Modlog