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.
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.