Number plates are just one of the privacy tracking technologies. Any modern connected car infotainment system will report and have that data sold or anything that has Bluetooth can be tracked.

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1970-01-01 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Bluetooth? You're overthinking this. We've been mandated to carry 4-5 transmitters per vehicle broadcasting their UIDs at 315 MHz since the mid 2000s:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_TPMS

	▲	EvanAnderson 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I have an SDR in a facility that is a public parking lot. It picks up TMPS incidentally and I'm definitely able to track individual vehicles.

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snarf21 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Including the camera and microphone in our pocket that pings every cell tower every time we move.

	▲	sodality2 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		At least as per Carpenter v. United States, that data requires a warrant, not just any cop/LEO in the country typing in a license plate with reasoning as 'investigation'. That's a much better standard.

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exhilaration 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Recent car tracking discussion here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46097624

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sodality2 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

To an extent this data is within our reach to stop (buy old car, unplug cellular modules, etc). With ALPRs the only option is moving.