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[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That headline gave me cancer. Ffs

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

I got a stroke trying to read it.

had to be evacuated to hospital...

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was at a tech conference recently, and the local city tech department was showing off the cameras all around the city. They were all tracking individual vehicles with computer vision, across town as the traffic moved from one camera to another.

I didn't get a chance to ask them whether law enforcement used the data, but I'm pretty sure that's a given.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Did you ask them why they're blatantly violating the constitution?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Around here all the shady characters just remove their license plates and face exactly zero consequences for it.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Non anti-adblock-wall link (oh, the irony): https://archive.ph/GVLfj

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ironically, base functionality (reading) works fine with JS disabled.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago

Spray can can

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

Mapping is great, but can we crowd source a parallel camera network that tracks police and politician vehicles on a public site?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Hunh. I guess Huntsville doesn't get much poetic irony around them thar parts.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Will Freeman

fr?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Lol in Albuquerque this isn't a problem because plates are optional 😂

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Having a digital license plate connected to some API for this would be legendary, although likely very illegal