Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) aren’t just helping police investigate crimes anymore. They’re now being used to flag drivers for supposedly “suspicious” driving patterns.
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7 daysThe police don’t need a computer to suspect you. They already suspect you.
They need a computer to blame the mistake on.
The Wired article linked by the OP article mentions visiting multiple banks in a week as suspicious behavior that gets flagged… if we had a car (assuming it needs a license plate to attach to you and look up info), that would have pinged my spouse last week. Stupid fucks live in such ivory towers that they’ve never had a bank run out of quarters for the washing machine.
- Andrew Zabar@lemmy.worldEnglish7 days
They don’t know what a washing machine is. They likely think it’s to clean golf balls.
I used to visit the bank way more often when living paycheck to paycheck because it was the only way to get ahead of insufficient funds charges. I was depositing cash from whatever I could sell to pay off the $25 per item overdraft fees.
- Snowclone@lemmy.worldEnglish7 days
I used to be a manager at a smoothie shop. went to like two banks a day with different business needs, guess that’s not allowed… who knew?
Need a Bobby Tables style license plate.
Heh, I put the text of the joke, but lemmy wouldn’t let me submit. Let’s hope the ALPR guys aren’t as careful lol.
- 7 days
Uh oh, you shouldn’t have spent so much time in that tanning salon.
