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Global Mall Operator Starts Reading License Plates

Posted by timothy on from the well-aren't-you-lucky? dept.

First time accepted submitter skegg writes "Westfield Group, one of the largest shopping centre (mall) operators in the world, has launched a find-my-car iPhone app. The system uses a series of license plate reading cameras dotted throughout their multi-level car parks. Westfield said police could also use it to find stolen or unregistered vehicles. (Hello, slippery slope.) Initially launched in just one Sydney centre, it will be rolled-out to others if the trial is successful."

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  1. Westfield not just in Australia by molo · · Score: 4, Informative

    Westfield also operates dozens of malls in the US and a number in New Zealand as well. See this list on wikipedia.

    -molo

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  2. Re:Slippery slope? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    Actually, this isn't a public place. You're parking on their property. Don't like it, don't go there. It's that simple.

  3. Not News, Welcome to the UK 2001 by Kr3m3Puff · · Score: 4, Informative

    Number plate reading cameras in public car parks have been around in the UK for a number of years and the government hands for even longer. Any time spent in London your vehicle will be scanned both publicly and privately. A visit to almost any airport in the UK will result in that and Heathrow Airport has had the "find my car" stuff for quite a while.

    If it is a slippery slope, it is one that is already been in the wild for a long long time. Time to go tilt at some other windmills.

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