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Britain to log all vehicle movement

Posted by samzenpus on from the they-are-watching-you dept.

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."

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  1. tracking device? by Randall_Jones · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Can't someone just swap/steal/disable the tracking device?

    Maybe the article submitter should read TFA before he submits it? There is no "tracking device", the cameras recognize ordinary license plates.

  2. the "tracking device" is a license plate. by User+956 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    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."

    In this case, the "tracking device" is the license plate, which is tracked with a large network of cameras. So the short answer to your first question would be "yes", and the answer to your second question would also be "yes".

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  3. "Be Tony Blair" Day by coofercat · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1) Find Tony Blair's personal number plate
    2) Stick it to every car in the UK on one particular day
    3) ???
    4) Profit!