wow: Automatic Licence Plate Recognition surveillance in BC

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Sun Feb 5 15:45:58 UTC 2012


D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> |  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.

There's a big difference between using that for the purposes of a 911 
call and collecting the info "just in case".
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