The danger of license plate readers in post-Roe America

License plate readers were an issue long before RvW was overturned. And what everyone seems to be ignoring is that the Democrats control the Presidency and both houses of Congress. Passing a reasonable bill, one that would garner bipartisan support, would be relatively easy. But remember, both parties value the issue, and the money and votes it garners, far more than solving the issue.

In my corner of the world abortion is effectively banned - in practice even in cases when performing it would save the woman&#x27;s life.<p>Some people cross the border, others buy Mifepristone on the black market.<p>Statistics still indicate no abortions and that is frequently used as an argument that the ban is effective.

This should fall under a reasonable right to privacy. They should need to get a warrant for a specific crime to search for specific plates, not blanket access to search all and contrive crimes stridently after the fact.

Its a danger to anyone who values its own privacy.

I have ranted about this before: but it all feels pointless.<p>The information is out there. You can make it illegal to look, but it doesn&#x27;t matter.<p>Consider that a shopkeeper can recognize frequent customers by their face. Our brains are made for face recognition.<p>Now obviously that&#x27;s at a different scale than automated plate readers, but the information is there. We just took for granted that no one had the willpower to memorize a million faces. Our privacy was guaranteed not in law, but in practicality.<p>You can try to ban it, and you can maybe ban municipalities from using it, but the information is there. Anyone can just set up a camera by their house or business and collect the same info.

Could this be used to track gun permit holders?