Los Angeles Just Proposed the Worst Use of License Plate Reader Data in History

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10640989

This is the slippery slope that started with publishing sex offenders' crimes.

the worst use would probably be to just put a database up with all history open to everyone. searchable by owner name.

Chicago Tribune pretty much did this after a FOIA request for red light data was published. It's not searchable by owner name, but it's still pretty terrible.

http://apps.chicagotribune.com/news/local/red-light-camera-t...

The data's enough to get videos from: http://www.chicagophotociteweb.com/