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.

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    Ours apparently does, but nobody follows that law, and I’ve never seen it enforced.

    • a - easy fix, drive a beater
    • b - the only tolls in my area use a sensor

    If you didn’t want to use a tracking sensor for tolls, can’t you just pay cash? Whenever I visit Florida, that’s what I do. It sucks when the machine is busted, but then I just chuck my change at it and go.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        29 days ago

        Dang. I haven’t been to Florida (or anywhere with tolls) for a few years, but I knew plate readers were an option, but I thought cash tolls were still quite prevalent.

        That’s a privacy nightmare.

        • LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
          2·
          29 days ago

          I’ve resigned myself to just pre planning longer routes to avoid tolls. I am not putting a transponder in my car and I am certainly not going pay for that privilege or to help normalize it.