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.

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.

  • PriorityMotif@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    The readers are just cameras with a sim card and use a simple motion sensor to trigger the camera. All of the processing is server side.

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I don’t disagree. The reader to which I was referring, is the entire system, to include the server-side processing. If it’s able to create a searchable db of political standings, we should assume it’s able to trim excess characters.

      However, I’m not telling you what to do at all. I don’t know how they operate; I’m just making assumptions based on what they said and my knowledge of the processes used. Basically, just adding to the general knowledge pool, so someone smarter than I will have more data to make a more informed decision.