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Repo Men Using New Technology To Track Cars

Posted by kdawson on from the more-you-drive-the-less-intelligent-you-are dept.

kamapuaa writes "The NY Times has an article about how real-time license plate scanning is changing the car repo business. MVTRAC is one of several companies providing technology to track car license plates automatically, in order to populate private databases. This new tech is used by car repo companies to help banks or other lenders repossess cars; by police to find stolen cars or to locate ticket scofflaws; or really for whatever application MVTRAC and its competitors feel like pursuing, as the new-found industry lacks any kind of government oversight."

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  1. Re:Why? by mrmeval · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You stink like a grammar gNazi.

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  2. OT: Your sig Re:This is just perfect! by davidwr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    From your sig: 'What part of "A well regulated militia" do you not understand?'

    The "well regulated militia" part. It's wide-open to interpretation.

    Thanks to the possible multiple credible interpretations to this the Supreme Court had to step in and lay down its interpretation. Even that interpretation is subject to being overturned by a future Supreme Court that chooses to not follow stare decisis. If it happens, it wouldn't be the first time one Supreme Court has overturned the ruling of a previous set of justices.

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