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This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers
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this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2026
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Publicly accessable information in a public space isn't beholden to it.
Functionally this is no different then someone sitting in a park counting how many people are wearing a blue shirt or Nike shoes.
The problem is people don't realize how much fucking information they are just publicly broadcasting all the fucking time.
It makes you extremely identifable. Really this is more a why the fuck do devices screech into the air so much fucking information.
That isn't the same level of identifiable as a unique device ID/MAC/whatever though. And even if my devices weren't the issue, I wouldn't feel comfortable having an automated system logging my clothes/gait/face just because I'm out in public. Fully automated surveillance such as this ought to be it's own category.
Also I don't think you are trying to argue that it is right.