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.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        police obviously won’t care

        Unless you’re taking pictures of police vehicles, in which case they definitely care. Still not illegal, but they’ll most likely harass you for it.

        But hey, you can make a living suing police departments, there are worse things to spend your time on.

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        3 months ago

        So what you’re saying we create a Credit Score system, but for guns. Might just work 🧐

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          Since those cameras are so easy to deploy, it would be trivial to place them near gun stores and gun ranges, and other places frequented by gun owners, it’s not a gun registry though. It’s simply four catching criminals and for the children’s safety of course. If you go against the police you are un-American