A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate information, and an algorithm flags vehicles deemed suspicious based on where they came from, where they were going and which route they took.
Given the sheer number of cameras and data sensors mounted everywhere, I guess I kinda assumed this was happening already. I think most of us are well aware that when we are in public, the government can pretty much take our picture our license plate anything. Unfortunately, I don't think there's much we can do about that which has grown under every administration and congress since 9/11.
The solvable crime is the pulling someone over without probable cause, which has been used in ridiculous civil forfeiture cases to flat out rob people on the side of the highway.
In another federal court document filed in California, a Border Patrol agent acknowledged “conducting targeted analysis on vehicles exhibiting suspicious travel patterns” as the reason he singled out a Nissan Altima traveling near San Diego.
This smacks in the face of the free right to movement across state lines. We are letting the computers tell us what's probable cause, and that must stop.
There is always something we can do about it. Fight. The question is whether enough people have the will to do so, or whether they have accepted their fate as cattle.
Given the sheer number of cameras and data sensors mounted everywhere, I guess I kinda assumed this was happening already. I think most of us are well aware that when we are in public, the government can pretty much take our picture our license plate anything. Unfortunately, I don't think there's much we can do about that which has grown under every administration and congress since 9/11.
The solvable crime is the pulling someone over without probable cause, which has been used in ridiculous civil forfeiture cases to flat out rob people on the side of the highway.
In another federal court document filed in California, a Border Patrol agent acknowledged “conducting targeted analysis on vehicles exhibiting suspicious travel patterns” as the reason he singled out a Nissan Altima traveling near San Diego.
This smacks in the face of the free right to movement across state lines. We are letting the computers tell us what's probable cause, and that must stop.