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Re:The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate R... by pizzly on Monday May 18, 2026 @07:28PM (#48187303)
You properly could identify cars uniquely by the sound they make. If not now then soon.
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Re:The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate R... by ranon on Monday May 18, 2026 @08:49PM (#48187896)
My dog could do this 10 years ago. 2 miles away through the canyon she knew exactly who would be showing up in 10 minutes. And it's a popular canyon.
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Re:The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate R... by testing22321 on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @11:29AM (#48194640)
I can identify the family wagon we had growing up from the door slamming.

Always makes me smile when I hear it across a parking lot.

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Re:The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate R... by Melatonic on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @05:28AM (#48191156)
"The whistlers go WOOOOO"
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Re:The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate R... by jkestner on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @05:17PM (#48199787)
If Shot Spotter is bad at merely identifying the source of a gunshot, I'm not going to trust our security tech bros to cut through all the environmental noise and provide trustworthy identification among 10,000 different Teslas.
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