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.world
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    2 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.pub
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      2 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.