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RFID License Plates in the UK

Posted by michael on from the ubiquitous-surveillance dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The UK Government is studying license plates with embedded RFID tags. The plates can be read from 300 feet away and in rapid succession by readers embedded in the road or by 'surveillance vehicles.'"

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  1. I hated the dolphin by howardjp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    didn't i see this in the first episode of seaquest?

  2. Re:RFID License Plates by phayes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please, somebody mod this up as funny/ironic.

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  3. Re:This is NOT a Good Thing... by phayes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So? Kindly point out the link between having an account on a Honeywell Multics machine in 1984 & the date at which I discovered slashdot and created my account here.

    Sheesh, RIT, must really have gone downhill since I grew up in Rochester...

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  4. ideal vs. non ideal govt by heliosnorf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In an ideal world with a non-corrupt government, it doesn't seem like that big of a problem to give them the ability to track our every day movements. In this case, all the arguments like "if I have nothing to hide, what should I worry about" make sense. However, in the real world, all governments have some level of corruption. We may be comfortable with the level as it is *now*, but the scary thing is what happens if we give our government all these ways to track us, and then the level of corruption increases? That's a scary thought. Besides, just because you are a good citizen and don't typically break the law doesn't mean you want to be tracked and have someone else know where you are. There's something nice about anonymity. And to address all the people saying that driving cars shouldn't be a right - that's great, but cars are one of the easiest ways for an *individual* to get around (esp. in big countries like the US) without being tracked. The allow you complete freedom to drive from point a to point b stopping anywhere along the way that you desire, which is not something that's possible with public transportation. Maybe it's okay to use public transport on you day to day trips to the office, but if you want to go out and explore your world, then you really need a car.

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