Driving somewhere? There's a gov't record of that

[Capt Worley PE]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chances are, your local or state police departments have photographs of your car in their files, noting where you were driving on a particular day, even if you never did anything wrong.

Using automated scanners, law enforcement agencies across the country have amassed millions of digital records on the location and movement of every vehicle with a license plate, according to a study published Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union. Affixed to police cars, bridges or buildings, the scanners capture images of passing or parked vehicles and note their location, uploading that information into police databases. Departments keep the records for weeks or years, sometimes indefinitely.

As the technology becomes cheaper and more ubiquitous, and federal grants focus on aiding local terrorist detection, even small police agencies are able to deploy more sophisticated surveillance systems. While the Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that a judge's approval is needed to track a car with GPS, networks of plate scanners allow police effectively to track a driver's location, sometimes several times every day, with few legal restrictions. The ACLU says the scanners assemble what it calls a "single, high-resolution image of our lives."

More: http://news.yahoo.com/driving-somewhere-theres-govt-record-140052644.html

 

[Ble_PE]

At this point, I assume the government is aware of every piss I take and how much fiber I eat a day.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

^And yet they can't seem to find 11 million illegals in plain sight.

 

[Ble_PE]

^And yet they can't seem to find 11 million illegals undocumented people in plain sight.

Heartless bastard!

 

[snickerd3]

At this point, I assume the government is aware of every piss I take and how much fiber I eat a day.

at least your local government via the waste water treatment plant would know

 

[Capt Worley PE]

^And yet they can't seem to find 11 million illegals undocumented people in plain sight.

Heartless bastard!

Ahem. You see this? http://www.thestate.com/2013/07/16/2865170/sc-naacp-chief-arrested-after.html

 

[Ble_PE]

The sugar made me do it!

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

At this point, I assume the government is aware of every piss I take and how much fiber I eat a day.

The only problem is that they never remind me of where I need to be. They know my wife called and told me to do something, but then they don't remind me to do it before she gets home.

What's the point in knowing everything about me if they're not going to do anything helpful with it?

 

[Exception Collection]

I used to laugh at the concept behind Person of Interest. These days I cry instead.