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License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars (www.wired.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Literally illegal

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It varies by state and there are no laws that say it needs to be machine readable. It only needs to be human readable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

to modify the license plate itself. but it's surroundings? why?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What do you think obscuring means?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Obsucuring means making it partially or entirely not visible.

Obfuscating, however...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

the other user defined it well