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Re:Police are tagging fleeing cars with GPS darts to avoid d... by cebert on Friday March 29, 2024 @11:39PM (#39871653)
I work in the public safety domain. You don’t even need a tracker on vehicles. There are several camera startups in this space, such as Flock Safety, which can scan for plates and particular vehicle descriptions and alert law enforcement. These devices are more common than you’d think. Agencies can also enter data sharing agreements. I work on the consuming end of data from systems like this.

[1]https://www.flocksafety.com/

[2]https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2024/02/27/flock...

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Re:Police are tagging fleeing cars with GPS darts to avoid d... by linkjuice4all on Friday March 29, 2024 @11:47PM (#39871678)
Is there an option for the public/non-law enforcement to access or pay to get this data? I know we're not getting the toothpaste back in the tube so we (the general public) might as well get some benefit from it.

There are a lot of government officials driving around doing non-sensitive/non-law enforcement work so they should have no expectation of privacy and no qualified immunity or some other exception related to active investigations.

This seems like a great way to ensure accountability of our representatives - if they'll let us.

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Re:Police are tagging fleeing cars with GPS darts to avoid d... by tjpnz on Friday March 29, 2024 @11:54PM (#39871705)
A la Elon Jet but for the vehicles of publicly elected officials? I think we should have the right to keep tabs on them given how prone they are to misbehaving.
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Re:Police are tagging fleeing cars with GPS darts to avoid d... by lettergram on Friday March 29, 2024 @11:43PM (#39871665)
I was just talking to a coworker about this.

Imo it should be illegal, but what ever I guess haha

Basically, no need for a warrant any more. As long as it’s “in view of the public” they can track you entirely.

Champaign IL set these up on almost every intersection.

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Re:Police are tagging fleeing cars with GPS darts to avoid d... by noduerme on Friday March 29, 2024 @11:51PM (#39871687)
Massively gathered warrantless spying on the genpop should be illegal ...when it comes to tracking car license plates? I mean, compared to facial recognition and cell phone tracking, it seems quaint.
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