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Aussie Speed Cameras in Doubt Because of MD5
An anonymous reader writes "A speeding case has been thrown out in Australia after the Roads and Traffic Authority admitted that it could not prove the integrity of speed-camera photos. 'The case revolved around the integrity of a mathematical MD5 algorithm published on each picture and used as a security measure to prove pictures have not been doctored after they have been taken.'" I wonder if Australian police are as (radar gun) trigger happy as they are in certain parts of the U.S.
Because U.S. cops aren't just plain trigger happy, are they?
If you don't speed, then you won't have any problems at all. Keeping that in mind, I actually did get a photo radar ticket year ago for going about 15km over the limit. It was a area that dropped from 60km/h to 40km/h. I wasn't too happy about it, but in retropect, I've never received another one since that time.
So, basically, don't speed, and you'll have no worries. Also, don't go through red lights, either. That's just crazy!
If the kids are on the road they deserve to die, espically the ones too lazy to use the crossing area usually made availible in school zones.
Darwin applies everywhere.
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Another dickhead!
First step to stop speeding:
Take responsiblity for your own behaviour!
Speeding is not a political statement.
What the government does with the money after you have paid it is not the issue at all. You are fully aware of the law. You are fully aware of the limit. You are fully aware of the consequences. The speed limit is a MAXIMUM limit. You don't have to drive at the limit. It is called a limit for a reason. If were called the speed average then that would be a different issue.
But really you don't give a shit cause accidents are things that happen to other people. You would never have an accident. You are always in control of the situation. You are a good driver. Your car handles well. How dare anybody tell you to drive at a limit. You are a rebel against big government. You break the limit and see yourself as a poster boy for the oppressed driving community. As you dream about your greatness you are distracted for just a second.
When you come to what you see through the shattered windscreen is a young childs lifeless body wedged between your fender and a brick wall. Now go and tell her mother how you were being an upstanding defender of freedom and justice.
The bikini - security through obscurity since 1943
so i presume you would agree that some dork who obviously broke the speed limit who waves his arms around and protests that the MD5 algo can be cracked by l33t hackers is a good justification for tying up all the police and judicial time arguing his case, rather than just paying the fine for breaking the goddamned law, and letting those same law enforcement officials get back to their job?
If this was someone getting a rape case thrown out because of poor encryption, would he be such a champion then? its not like people dont realise there are speed limits. grrrrrrrrrrr
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