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This free tool is helping drivers avoid automatic license plate readers — as fears grow around 'intrusive' new devices that could track your phone, AirPod and smartwatch data (www.techradar.com)
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[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is a webpage a "tool"?

I keep hearing from US friends that their best tool was getting involved and having Flock banned from their counties and cities.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 10 points 23 hours ago

But, are they only banning Flock (which is a good step), or are they banning all ALPR installs? Can they even ban them on private property? A lot of what I see on deflock.org near me isn't on the streets (though some is), most of them are actually looking at parking lots, many of big box stores like Lowes, random strip malls and shopping centers, a church...