License plates are made to be observed. Sometimes they are observed by a person, and now they are observed by machines.
“License plates are made to be observed. Sometimes they are observed by a person, and now they are observed by machines.”
There’s been discussion of that ‘excuse’ in the past, in legal cases. The question being whether something where we had a reasonable expectation of privacy, such as driving to the supermarket to buy milk, should be entered into a database, for all to see.
Privacy advocates think not, due to, among other things, the fact that bad guys can use that information to figure out how to rob you.
Others don’t have a problem with it.
> License plates are made to be observed. Sometimes they are observed by a person, and now they are observed by machines. <
Yep. I might not like it, but there is no expectation of privacy in public. And that includes my license plate info.
The problem, of course, is what is done with that info. To say, “We traced Leaning Right to a gun club.” - that’s no big deal. But to say, We traced Leaning Right to a gun club. He might be a terrorist.” - that’s a big deal.