License Plate Tracking for the Average Citizen

Wired News is reporting that big-brother license plate tracking systems may soon be available to the average citizen. Privacy advocates, however, worry that personal information and associated movement could be used inappropriately by marketing companies. From the article: "Bucholz, who designed some of the first mobile license plate reading, or LPR, equipment, gave a presentation at the 2006 National Institute of Justice conference here last week laying out a vision of the future in which LPR does everything from helping insurance companies find missing cars to letting retail chains chart customer migrations. It could also let a nosy citizen with enough cash find out if the mayor is having an affair, he says."

Comments

Re:Not that bad.

[x2A]

You're obviously not paranoid enough. Your slashdot account has been suspended. Come back when you believe the world revolves around knowing all about you, following you, and making you do what "they" want.

Re:the easy answer to this one is:

[Goeland86]

Then let's just pray we can elect a Congress that'll oust our current president and pass a privacy amendment in the constitution, else we're doomed...