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   br00t4c (br00t4c@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 09:53:43 JST br00t4c

   License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars

   #ai #database

   https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/05/2353244/license-plate-readers-are-creating-a-us-wide-database-of-more-than-just-cars

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     br00t4c (br00t4c@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 23:47:49 JST br00t4c

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     • AmbularD

     @AmbularD 🤦🏽🤬😤

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     This just keeps getting better and better.

     "AI-powered cameras mounted on cars and trucks, initially designed to capture license plates, but which are now photographing political lawn signs outside private homes, individuals wearing T-shirts with text, and vehicles displaying pro-abortion bumper stickers — all while recordi00ng the precise locations of these observations..."

     "Wheeler did not respond to WIRED's questions about whether there are limits on what can be searched in license plate databases, why images of homes with lawn signs but no vehicles in sight appeared in search results, or if filters are used to reduce such images."