Big Brother Is Watching You Seattle

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Local News | Cameras keep track of all cars entering Medina | Seattle Times Newspaper

In Medina, a new sign bears this warning: "You Are Entering a 24 Hour Video Surveillance Area."

Cameras have recently been installed at intersections to monitor every vehicle coming into the city.

Under the "automatic license plate recognition" project, once a car enters Medina, a camera captures its license-plate number. Within seconds, the number is run through a database.

If a hit comes up for a felony — say, the vehicle was reported stolen or is being driven by a homicide suspect — the information is transmitted instantaneously to police, who can "leap into action," said Police Chief Jeffrey Chen.
 
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I don't see the problem. They are video taping public space...

How is that an invasion of privacy?
 
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Lol. privacy on the interstate. Btw counties and cities in Middle Tn have been using this for well over a year. The stationary ones like in the article have been approved and I dont know what the hold up is. There are several mounted on police/sheriff cruisers. You will know one when you see it. They will have cameras mounted on all 4 corners of the car.
 
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The problem I see is, what will they use it for next. Law enforcement in every case tries to expand their reach and ability to put you in jail. Not to mention LEOs are the biggest criminal organization in the country, how long until they start selling the information to divorce attorneys, insurance companies, or whoever might benefit?
 
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Well, it depends on how long they store it and who else has access to it. Can an aggressive prosecutor use the tapes to put you at a crime scene that you weren't at. In my case, I take a different route home almost every day, what if I randomly selected to go through an area like this at the same time a heinous murder was taking place? I might stick out as a stranger passing through without any sort of business in the area. I could easily see someone trying to pin the crime on me simply because I drove through and they had it on record.

What if I borrowed a friends car without realizing he had a felony warrant out for his arrest and I get picked up in his place?

Just like the images collected by the body scanners at the airports were never supposed to be stored or shared, I would be leery about where this data might go.
 
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hog88 said:
The problem I see is, what will they use it for next. Law enforcement in every case tries to expand their reach and ability to put you in jail. Not to mention LEOs are the biggest criminal organization in the country, how long until they start selling the information to divorce attorneys, insurance companies, or whoever might benefit?
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Epic!
 
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hog88 said:
The problem I see is, what will they use it for next. Law enforcement in every case tries to expand their reach and ability to put you in jail. Not to mention LEOs are the biggest criminal organization in the country, how long until they start selling the information to divorce attorneys, insurance companies, or whoever might benefit?
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Ain't that the truth!!!!

How do they think a thief is going to feed his family and stay out of jail with all the surveillance cameras everywhere.
 
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YorkVol said:
Well, it depends on how long they store it and who else has access to it. Can an aggressive prosecutor use the tapes to put you at a crime scene that you weren't at. In my case, I take a different route home almost every day, what if I randomly selected to go through an area like this at the same time a heinous murder was taking place? I might stick out as a stranger passing through without any sort of business in the area. I could easily see someone trying to pin the crime on me simply because I drove through and they had it on record.

What if I borrowed a friends car without realizing he had a felony warrant out for his arrest and I get picked up in his place?

Just like the images collected by the body scanners at the airports were never supposed to be stored or shared, I would be leery about where this data might go.
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A fun, and perhaps useful, habit.
 
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hog88 said:
The problem I see is, what will they use it for next. Law enforcement in every case tries to expand their reach and ability to put you in jail. Not to mention LEOs are the biggest criminal organization in the country, how long until they start selling the information to divorce attorneys, insurance companies, or whoever might benefit?
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Solid post...........just kidding.
 
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BigOrange15 said:
Solid post...........just kidding.
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It's true. People's habits are very valuable information and to think there will not be attempts to obtain this info by other than law enforcment is crazy.

Under the table deals or the gov't flat out selling it, it will happen.
 
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