If a single car manufacturer decides to capture license plate data from their customers ' cars' cameras, then we're back where we started.

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ortusdux 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Many states already ban the private collection of license plate data.

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tptacek 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Which states are those? I'd like to read the statutes.

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ortusdux an hour ago | parent | next [-]

https://www.ncsl.org/technology-and-communication/automated-...

A friend entertained the idea of a startup focused on a social dashcam site, where users can upload clips of bad drivers tagged with their license plate number, and smart dashcams can alert to bad drivers in real time. They got as far as asking a lawyer before it fell apart.

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EvanAnderson an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

There's a nice list here with references to statutes: https://www.ncsl.org/technology-and-communication/automated-...

	▲	tptacek 19 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Just so we're clear, across all these statutes, the term "private" means "for private use". State and local governments can engage private firms to collect data in all of them.

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xbar 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I did not know that. I do wish I lived in one.

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tokai an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

One just needs to store personal data on license plates then. Handy.

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jrm4 32 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Not at all, even if the data collection is exactly the same. "Where the authority comes from" matters a lot, probably much more than the actual collection itself.