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.works
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    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.

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        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.org
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          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.