Subj : Re: Retroactive Surveillance
To   : Greenlfc
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Apr 19 2023 08:27:00

-=> Greenlfc wrote to warmfuzzy <=-

 Gr> Don't forget about ALPR and toll tags, too.  Those also help
 Gr> investigators piece together your movements.  Add cameras on public
 Gr> transit and ID checks for planes and trains, and suddenly you realize
 Gr> how difficult it is to move without leaving a trail, even if you go
 Gr> without a phone and use cash.

When the San Francisco bay area implemented a radio bridge toll system,
skeptics asked about tracking. Oh, No - we'll never track tags anywhere
except when scanning for tolls, yadda yadda, privacy policy, yadda...

A few years later they rolled out a traffic monitoring system that would
tell you approximate speeds on the highway, and their data was
subpoenaed for a court case. Turns out they were monitoring cars
*continuously*. They had to send out an updated privacy policy and send
every user an anti-static bag to store your transponder in when not
using it. No fines, but they'd pass them on to the customers anyway.

Now, they're rolling out toll lanes and tell people to leave their
transponders adhered to your windshield 24/7.




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