Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Ticket to Ride: Just Don't Drive!
"SERGEANT Matt Rees says it is "the best bit of kit … since radar". But privacy advocates warn it poses great risks.
The technology - automatic number plate recognition - has been around for about five years.
But now the (AUS) government will buy 100 mobile units for the 400 highway patrol vehicles - a move which, a trial suggests, could double the number of unregistered cars detected. In a five-month trial, eight cars detected nearly 4000 unregistered or uninsured cars, raised more than $2 million in fines, and drivers were charged with more than 3000 criminal offences..."
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The Fourth Amendment Right To Delete
"For years the police have entered homes and offices, hauled away filing cabinets full of records, and searched them back at the police station for evidence. In Fourth Amendment terms, these actions are entry, seizure, and search, respectively, and usually require the police to obtain a warrant. Modern-day police can avoid some of these messy steps with the help of technology: They have tools that duplicate stored records and collect evidence of behavior, all from a distance and without the need for physical entry. These tools generate huge amounts of data that may be searched immediately or stored indefinitely for later analysis. Meanwhile, it is unclear whether the Fourth Amendment’s restrictions apply to these technologies: Are the acts of duplication and collection themselves seizure? Before the data are analyzed, has a search occurred?"
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"SERGEANT Matt Rees says it is "the best bit of kit … since radar". But privacy advocates warn it poses great risks.
The technology - automatic number plate recognition - has been around for about five years.
But now the (AUS) government will buy 100 mobile units for the 400 highway patrol vehicles - a move which, a trial suggests, could double the number of unregistered cars detected. In a five-month trial, eight cars detected nearly 4000 unregistered or uninsured cars, raised more than $2 million in fines, and drivers were charged with more than 3000 criminal offences..."
(read more)
The Fourth Amendment Right To Delete
"For years the police have entered homes and offices, hauled away filing cabinets full of records, and searched them back at the police station for evidence. In Fourth Amendment terms, these actions are entry, seizure, and search, respectively, and usually require the police to obtain a warrant. Modern-day police can avoid some of these messy steps with the help of technology: They have tools that duplicate stored records and collect evidence of behavior, all from a distance and without the need for physical entry. These tools generate huge amounts of data that may be searched immediately or stored indefinitely for later analysis. Meanwhile, it is unclear whether the Fourth Amendment’s restrictions apply to these technologies: Are the acts of duplication and collection themselves seizure? Before the data are analyzed, has a search occurred?"
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