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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.

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[-] Shortstack@reddthat.com 133 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Alright! Dystopian nightmare timeline is a go!

I especially like the part where cops are reported to heavily abuse these databases for personal agendas or to share with criminals. Truly ACAB

This is a very good reason to maintain the appearance of neutrality while facing your local community

This might even be an argument for putting those smoked opaque covers on your license plates even if it's questionably legal. There's more than a few people out there with definitely not legal smoked covers to the point you literally can't read their plates unless you're tailgating them, and cops don't give a shit because nobody is ever pulled over for illegal mods. I'd wager that the cameras can't read them either if you can't at 10 yards

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'd wager that the cameras can't read them either if you can't at 10 yards

I might not take a bet on that. most license plates use reflective paint to aid in this. it would surprise me if paint and cameras are not tuned to at least one non human-visible wavelength.

polarized plate covers, specialized spray coatings, etc may work, but I am not betting my freedom on it. time to go bond style and get rotating plates.

[-] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

I've heard there are hyper-reflective stickers you can put on/near the plate that basically blind a traffic camera's view when trying to read it

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