Los Angeles Just Proposed the Worst Use of License Plate Reader Data in History (medium.com) 14 points by sshanky 10y ago ↗ HN
[–] sharemywin 10y ago ↗ the worst use would probably be to just put a database up with all history open to everyone. searchable by owner name. [–] bpchaps 10y ago ↗ Chicago Tribune pretty much did this after a FOIA request for red light data was published. It's not searchable by owner name, but it's still pretty terrible.http://apps.chicagotribune.com/news/local/red-light-camera-t...http://apps.chicagotribune.com/news/local/red-light-camera-t...The data's enough to get videos from: http://www.chicagophotociteweb.com/
[–] bpchaps 10y ago ↗ Chicago Tribune pretty much did this after a FOIA request for red light data was published. It's not searchable by owner name, but it's still pretty terrible.http://apps.chicagotribune.com/news/local/red-light-camera-t...http://apps.chicagotribune.com/news/local/red-light-camera-t...The data's enough to get videos from: http://www.chicagophotociteweb.com/
[–] Fjolsvith 10y ago ↗ This is the slippery slope that started with publishing sex offenders' crimes.
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The data's enough to get videos from: http://www.chicagophotociteweb.com/
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