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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 11:50 AM Original message |
License-Plate Scanners: Fighting Crime or Invading Privacy? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. The technology isn't being used to keep us safe. That's just the sales pitch. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. keeping us safe is always the excuse--the police state is here, and people are so |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It is very concerning how many tools are being marketed for |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't know if privacy is a right one has when driving on a public roadway |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. What can we do about it? Say no. But do we have the votes? |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Can it be both? |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. You can't measure an amount of safety. |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't want to be safe. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. You want your car back , don't you? |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Yeah right |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. They haven't had this technology while getting that reputation. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Recovery of a stolen car is nothing but a PITA for a cop |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. They actually bother to take reports for you? |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Oh, so it's not "to keep us safe?" |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Unclear what you mean. Please be less laconic. |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. The OP said: |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. I saw one the other day in St Petersburg. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. The data needs to be purged regularly. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. They think there is. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. If you have nothing to hide.. |
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BlueSun (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. If you have nothing to hide, you are a highly abnormal person. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. But the Commerce clause of the Constitution trumps everything.. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I have nothing to hide, and I still don't like it. |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Sheesh, you are boring! |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. If I have nothing to hide, then what business does the state have surveiling me? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Ah, but you *might* have something to hide.. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. You're the kind of people we need in government |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I'm insufficiently cynical to be in government.. |
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BlueSun (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. License-Plate Scanners |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. The chip was the promotion of Wisconsin's former Gov. Tommy Thomson. |
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VaYallaDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. They're a major tool in locating stolen cars. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Not to mention EZ Pass. Your plate gets scanned each time you go through a toll gate. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. Some state constitutions provide express protection for privacy |
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