Sacramento, California sheriff is sharing license plate data with states that ban abortion

[thewayne]

Sacramento is probably not the only one doing this, but it's one that we know about. Several law enforcement agencies sell ALPR information (automatic license plate readers) to most anyone who wants it, and in some cases, it goes to states who claim it's illegal to travel out of state for an abortion!

Of course, if you fly, you won't be driving your car. Or if you do drive, spend the night at a hotel and take a cab. Don't drive your own car to the clinic.

I hate ALPRs. I first saw one in Texas at a mall. A police car was doing a very slow crawl through the parking lot, and when he passed, I saw the cameras mounted on his car. Makes me want to install some infrared LEDs in my license plate frame that will bloom-out the ALPR cameras. It's one thing when they're "looking for stolen vehicles", but when that information is being kept pretty much indefinitely - as it usually is - stitching a car's whereabouts by time stamp can reveal a HUGE amount of information about a person.

https://news.yahoo.com/sacramento-sheriff-sharing-license-plate-133000119.html

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Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

America has become an extremely privacy-hostile society. You can have either privacy or health care, privacy or travel, not both. Privacy or participation in society, really.

This is one of many reasons I don't go out much anymore. I just don't like being surrounded by assholes. I'd rather stay home; nature is better company.

Stupid people will figure out that they have made mistakes after several years of consequences. Or decades.

Re: Yes ...

[thewayne]

There's a reason I'd like to move to Europe.  Or most any other civilized country, because IMO America lost it's label 'civilized' and First World status some time ago.

Re: Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I agree. America is a third-world country. Its perinatal death rate is on par with Africa, and in fact, there are African nations that do better with theirs. You can thank Texas for that. And that's before factoring in the recent bans on abortion that are, predictably, killing women with pregnancy complications or simple lack of care. Similarly, the rate of food insecurity is at third-world levels. And so on. If you can't meet your citizens' basic needs, you're a failed state.