Traffic Violation! License Plate Reader Mission Creep Is Already Here
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12 points
2 comments
March 26, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
metalman
the goal is to institutionalise everyone and since to err is to be human, a panoptic survielence system will be there to catch, and dehumanise them, one by one
cucumber3732842
Mission creep? Being able to dial up the revenue with a few keystrokes with plausible deniability from behind a desk somewhere was always if not the end goal a perfectly acceptable end state in the minds of the peddlers of these systems.