I mean.. wouldn't it be great to know if people are driving without valid registrations? Or if a criminal is trying to get somewhere, and you have their plates?
They tend to get put into databases that are abused, sometimes by LE officers looking up family members or exes, and sometimes by hackers. Also it's creepy for the government to keep tabs on millions (well NH is only 1.4 million) of innocent people. If there's some specific car you're looking for, humans can keep an eye out for it. Anyone can still track the plates etc. but it's harder to make a all-encompasing database without automated readers.
Ban collection. Permit surveillance with a warrant.
There's currently an amber alert for a 5-year-old girl (presumptively) abducted here in NJ [1]. They don't (that I know of) have a license plate but if they did I don't think any person nor court would have an issue with a warrant enabling automated surveillance of that plate number.
In an idyllic scenario, you could even enable automated collection and storage but only allow access with a warrant.
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Why shouldn't law enforcement be able to use it?
I mean.. wouldn't it be great to know if people are driving without valid registrations? Or if a criminal is trying to get somewhere, and you have their plates?
Not sure I see a downside here...
They tend to get put into databases that are abused, sometimes by LE officers looking up family members or exes, and sometimes by hackers. Also it's creepy for the government to keep tabs on millions (well NH is only 1.4 million) of innocent people. If there's some specific car you're looking for, humans can keep an eye out for it. Anyone can still track the plates etc. but it's harder to make a all-encompasing database without automated readers.
Live free or die, eh?
Ban collection. Permit surveillance with a warrant.
There's currently an amber alert for a 5-year-old girl (presumptively) abducted here in NJ [1]. They don't (that I know of) have a license plate but if they did I don't think any person nor court would have an issue with a warrant enabling automated surveillance of that plate number.
In an idyllic scenario, you could even enable automated collection and storage but only allow access with a warrant.
[1] https://nypost.com/2019/09/18/amber-alert-issued-for-new-jer...