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Britain to log all vehicle movement
dubbayu_d_40 writes "Using a network of cameras that can record license plates, Britain plans to build a database of vehicle movement for police and security services: rollout begins in March. Can't someone just swap/steal/disable the tracking device? Seems to me just another way to track the average citizen and not those wishing to avoid authorities."
Very easy - but if the system detects the licence plates and identifies them as being (a) not valid (ie. Not a number in the database), (b) duplicates or (c) stolen - then that would flag the system and tell it to track the plates. Which could then be used to get the Police to investigate.
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Why a terrorist? I am more concerned about the recent crime in the UK of stealing number plates and fitting them to another (possibly idential) car, this is happening more and more in the UK, there are a lot of automated cameras for speeding etc that are used to send the penalties to the owner of the car. I for one am looking forward to going to court for somebody elses driving. And as for the big brother aspect...