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Boston Police Stop Scanning Registration Plates, For Now

Posted by timothy on from the expurgated-version dept.

Ars Technica reports that after journalists gained access to a database readout showing a sample of the data gathered by the 14 registration plate scanners that had been in use by the Boston police and analyzed some of that data with embarrassing results, the police force has announced it will suspend use of the scanners indefinitely. Among other things, the data dump (which was not quite as thoroughly scrubbed as the police department had intended it to be) showed that a stolen motorcycle was detected by the cameras 59 times and red-flagged, but evidently no action was taken to recover it.

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  1. Re:Boston PD by glavenoid · · Score: 3, Funny

    one word: Mooninites

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    I, for one, am looking forward to the inevitable /. beta rollout fallout.
  2. Re:They Did Not Say They Would Stop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are there any other programs that use LPR data?

    CUPS?

    Thank you! I'll be here all week. Try the veal.