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    From nethius@700:100/37 to All on Fri May 26 03:28:39 2023
    i hope this is the right location for thus, since its basically my concern regarding APLR systems and their unregulated use.

    ALPR

    Automated License Plate Readers, they?re popping up everywhere there days. He I leave my house and go to the grocery store or to get fuel I pass no less than seven me there things.
    The most common model is produced by flock safety systems. They are powered by c solar panel and communicate trough 4g connections to data centers owned by flock safety. They capture every detail of a vehicle's information including the plate, color, model, and location and it all gets kept in a massive database.

    They're so common there days that the nearby hardware store has six in its small parking lot.

    Is there any hope of mitigating how much data there things can Collect? An I the only one concerned by the lack of general knowledge me these, or their lack of any kind of oversight?

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  • From Ogg@700:100/16 to nethius on Fri May 26 23:04:00 2023
    Hello nethius!

    ** On Thursday 25.05.23 - 22:28, nethius wrote to All:

    Is there any hope of mitigating how much data there things
    can Collect? An I the only one concerned by the lack of
    general knowledge me these, or their lack of any kind of
    oversight?

    Does your state allow plate covers? If so, maybe obscure the
    cover with some dirt strategically placed.
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  • From nethius@700:100/37 to Ogg on Sat May 27 22:02:53 2023
    they do not! i previously worked in insurance and one of the tools we would use quite often was called TLO/VSR, which uses the scanned plate data to alert insurance when and where the car was at a given time. the computer vision they use could pick a plate out in some incredibly bad lighting and angles. it is quite spooky

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  • From warmfuzzy@700:100/37 to nethius on Sat Jun 3 00:34:03 2023
    concern regarding APLR systems and their unregulated use.
    Automated License Plate Readers, they?re popping up everywhere there
    Is there any hope of mitigating how much data there things can Collect?
    An I the only one concerned by the lack of general knowledge me these,
    or their lack of any kind of oversight?

    Well two things come to mind from your message... first is that where I'm from (Ontario, Canada) they have a new license plate that has multiple shades of blue which makes it hard for the readers to read these newer plates, yes they look better than the old style, but without the right contrast it causes issues. The second thing that comes to mind are those plastic covers that go on top of the license which make reading the plate from a car behind you possible, but not possible to read by a speed trap camera. They use some sort of material that obfuscates the reading of the plate with some sort of reflective material. So these things exist, but I'm almost certain that they are illegal.

    Cheers!
    -warmfuzzy

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