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We have national companies like https://drndata.com/ that aggregate LPRs from every possible source and sell it to... a lot of uses.

Motorola/Vigilant cameras feed into DRN especially.

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The repo man is truly a changed character.

Or the ever classic ‘caught in an affair’ [https://petapixel.com/2021/12/13/speed-camera-photo-sent-to-...]

And attempts to reduce the problem [https://au.news.yahoo.com/woman-believes-husband-cheating-sp...]

GPS trackers and immobilizers (aka "kill switches") have also made repo work a lot easier. If you buy from low/no-credit ("buy here pay here") lots, you probably have at least one (if not both) installed.

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