National ANPR System in Britian
The BBC is reporting that a nationwide system of monitoring license plates will be in place in a few months in Britain. The government is tying together various ANPR systems into one central computer. There are no limits on how this information can be used by police according to the article.
This will provide the police with unprecedented knowledge of its citizens’ movements. Just as governments can easily monitor all our activities online, the same is becoming true for real life.
Its only a matter of time until a similar network is setup in the US. ANPR/ALPR is a very useful technology, but is also has significant privacy implications that need to be addressed. I have previously mentioned the long term storage and sharing issues and the abuses with ALPR. These issues need to be addressed.
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