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Police Have Reportedly Used License Plate Readers to Stalk Romantic Interests at Least 14 Times in Recent Years (ij.org)

submitted 3 months ago by cm0002@literature.cafe to c/privacy@programming.dev

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[–] potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I guarantee that number is waaaaaaay higher. They openly talk about misusing their other database tools for that all the time

[–] Fichtre@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It definitely transpires in the article ("An Institute for Justice review of media reports has identified at least 14 cases nationwide"), and assumes it's when the causes for termination are disclosed. And damn, how the providers state they have safeguards to prevent that and yet, most of the cases where discovered by the victims, not the safeguards (what a surprise eh).

Anyway, for the United States fellows out here : https://haveibeenflocked.com/