Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) aren’t just helping police investigate crimes anymore. They’re now being used to flag drivers for supposedly “suspicious” driving patterns.
“Do you know why I pulled you over?”
“…do you?”
I don’t need to know what you did to know my job
If it has anything to do with these l, idk, like 40 grenades in the trunk, we’re both in for a party.
The Wired article linked by the OP article mentions visiting multiple banks in a week as suspicious behavior that gets flagged… if we had a car (assuming it needs a license plate to attach to you and look up info), that would have pinged my spouse last week. Stupid fucks live in such ivory towers that they’ve never had a bank run out of quarters for the washing machine.
They don’t know what a washing machine is. They likely think it’s to clean golf balls.
Well, that’s not wrong.
I used to visit the bank way more often when living paycheck to paycheck because it was the only way to get ahead of insufficient funds charges. I was depositing cash from whatever I could sell to pay off the $25 per item overdraft fees.
I used to be a manager at a smoothie shop. went to like two banks a day with different business needs, guess that’s not allowed… who knew?
Looking for crimes, not criminals.
So, it looks for the dark skinned people?
It’s also getting pretty good at finding queers! So sus!
Looks like the AI flagged you with code rgb(244,164,96)…
Need a Bobby Tables style license plate.
Heh, I put the text of the joke, but lemmy wouldn’t let me submit. Let’s hope the ALPR guys aren’t as careful lol.
Uh oh, you shouldn’t have spent so much time in that tanning salon.
“Just following AI’s orders.”
Suspicious is going to be non Tesla electric car owners…
Not driving and not having kids are two things you can do to exempt yourself from a world of possible legal issues.
Walking on the side of the street invites its own set of legal issues.
This one always gets me, walking home from the bar drunk (to avoid driving) can get you thrown in prison, or shot. At least in the US.
Honestly a cop would give you less hassle if you drove home drunk.
This is exactly why law enforcement using a nationwide surveillance system constantly gathering evidence on everyone passing one of their cameras is a 4th amendment violation.
@SuiXi3D@fedia.io that is particularly suspicious
