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jmward01 9 hours ago

I wonder if I got a license plate holder that said 'I do not consent to selling my position information' if I could sue them.

7e 9 hours ago | parent [-]

You have no right to privacy in public, at least in the US.

diydsp 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That is oft-repeated, but case law is starting to show it's not strictly true:

See Mosaic + Carpenter case which say “Yes, each scan is public; yes, aggregation is different. "

Carpenter shows the Court recognizes that aggregated location data can be constitutionally significant.

Individual observability vs. systemic observation: A passerby can note a single plate at a single place/time. But a system of ALPRs, distributed spatially and continuous in time, indexed and retained, can map a person’s entire movements, associations, repeated visits, and behavioral patterns. That’s exactly the “mosaic” insight: the whole reveals things the pieces don’t. (Maynard / Jones reasoning).

edot 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But don’t I have a right to not get stalked?

ecb_penguin 20 minutes ago | parent [-]

Yes of course you do. If you're being stalked, contact your local police department.

__del__ 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

clarity is good. i believe that was a reference to the futility of posting "i do not consent" messages on social media.