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Re:Using FOIA Data and Unix to halve major source of parking... by vageli on Monday August 13, 2018 @09:43PM (#17754998)
But a plate identifies a vehicle _and_ its owner—not just a vehicle.
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Re:Using FOIA Data and Unix to halve major source of parking... by toomuchtodo on Monday August 13, 2018 @10:27PM (#17755168)
A vehicle’s owner is public information in the US. Credit Karma knows the vehicles I own based on DMV records, and recommends me insurance accordingly.
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Re:Using FOIA Data and Unix to halve major source of parking... by rblatz on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @01:37AM (#17755802)
And they know that because your PII (name, address, social) is mapped to a profile, and that profile is also mapped to license plates and Vins. So you can use one to look up the other info in either direction.
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Re:Using FOIA Data and Unix to halve major source of parking... by count on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @04:52PM (#17761789)
Addresses can be used that way to, but an address as a stand alone data item is used for every public land record in existence.

Think of a license plate as an 'address' for a car.

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