From Trump campaign signs to Planned Parenthood bumper stickers, license plate readers around the US are creating searchable databases that reveal Americans’ political leanings and more.

From Trump campaign signs to Planned Parenthood bumper stickers, license plate readers around the US are creating searchable databases that reveal Americans’ political leanings and more.

  • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 month ago

    • plate number is tied to a VIN which describes the make/model. (sir, this is a wendys toyota. where is the honda?)

    • replies not required from the plate - plate has a specialized qrcode printed across the entire plate (infrared reflector?) with an identifier (lic + other public info?) and signed with an RSA keypair - reader can authenticate the information and a qrcode read counts as a verifiably good read

    • …or just ship RFID tags in the yearly inspection stickers - same cryptographic concept

    none of this is hard or costly. only impediment is public rejection and we all know that can be managed.