wow: Automatic Licence Plate Recognition surveillance in BC

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>

|   However, that
| technology is already used on Hwy 407 and people who have never driven on it
| have been denied licence plate renewal because of errors.

My father died three years ago and is still getting new bills from
ETR.  (I think that the plate reader is correct but that their database
of owners is wrong.)

|  Also, many people
| carry a cell phone these days.  How would you feel if the police monitored
| everywhere you went, by tracking your cell phone?

Maybe they are.

In the US, cell phone tracking capability was mandated by legislation.
The justification was that 911 calls were too often unlear about
location and hence responses were impaired.  Interestingly, they could
have had the tracking start when a 911 call was made but the
legislation requires it to be allways-on.
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