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- makingStuffForFun ( @makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml ) 35•12 days ago
I’ve been considering this for a while. Nice to see it happening.
But, it needs to be categorised.
License plates. Facial recognition. Private. Government. Etc
- als ( @als@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English2•11 days ago
It is! There’s community-decided standards for how to tag most of these things: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dsurveillance
- pineapple ( @pineapple@lemmy.ml ) English23•12 days ago
Instead of making a whole new software why not just add number plate cameras to the osm database and make a software that pulls them out and makes it convenient to read?
- ByteOnBikes ( @ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ) 8•12 days ago
It’s built off of OSM. Which is how it should be.
- OhVenus_Baby ( @OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml ) 20•12 days ago
Hell yeah. Except every cop and traffic camera has the ability. So that’s gonna be alot of mapping. Probably impossible given cop cars and LEO are on the move constantly.
- FindME ( @FindME@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org ) English12•12 days ago
And there are plenty of hidden cameras as well. I know for a fact that many of the portable signs that display your speed and flash a warning if you’re over the limit are ALSO able to read license plates and immediately alert the police. They were using it to look for stolen vehicles when I became aware of the system, but that was 7 years ago and all it takes is a little tweak to suddenly have a record of every car passing by.
- krolden ( @krolden@lemmy.ml ) 2•12 days ago
Got a source on those speed signs also having ALPRs?
- FindME ( @FindME@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org ) English3•11 days ago
Yes. I worked for a city and was tasked with occasionally reading emails that had been reported. I got to read some interesting ones, but the one I’m talking about: The auto-theft detective was informing patrol officers about the setting up of the device I described. It would send an email when a vehicle’s license plate was scanned and was returned with a STOLEN result. The majority of the email was about how the officers should not mention the device and only say that they had received a tip about a stolen vehicle.
We aren’t talking about the permanent sorts of signs, like those described by @reversalhatchery@beehaw.org
- ReversalHatchery ( @ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org ) English1•12 days ago
where I live those run off of a little solar panel. if we’re talking about the same thing, I doubt that it has ALPR function
- als ( @als@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English5•11 days ago
A more generalised map of CCTV can be found here with data crowdsourced by people like you on OpenStreetMap.
If you’d like to help map our world, the app StreetComplete is a wonderful place to start (think Pokémon GO but actually beneficial for the world)
- PowerCrazy ( @PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml ) English3•11 days ago
If you want privacy and you drive a car, I got bad news for you. Public Transit is privacy.
- fuzzzerd ( @fuzzzerd@programming.dev ) English1•11 days ago
Transit card is linked to your credit card which is linked to your identity. Unless you pay cash and obtain a new cars/pass each time.
- BigLime ( @BigLime@lemmy.ml ) English1•11 days ago
I use a virtual card for the metro system, and in some places, you can reload your card with cash. I don’t think you even need to use your real name when getting a metro system pass
- The 8232 Project ( @Charger8232@lemmy.ml ) 2•11 days ago
“You don’t want to go down that road” taken literally
- Matt ( @DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml ) 1•12 days ago
Is this like a automated toll system? Because we have them all over our highways.
- ExcessShiv ( @ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 2•12 days ago
It depends on the country I think? We have them too, but we don’t have road tolls. They’re used to monitor traffic and actual tracking if the police is looking for a specific licence plate in relation to a crime here.
- Matt ( @DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml ) 1•11 days ago
They just check if you have sticker or they scan the license plates if you’ve bought the highway mark. They look like cameras hung on iron plates.