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.
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.
Not a new problem unfortunately.
Among the things courts or cops have deemed “suspicious”:
Booking a nonstop flight
Booking a flight with a layover
Traveling alone
Traveling with a companion
People who appear nervous
People who appear ?too calm?
No, but now AI can mass-search for those reasons, or combine them, for all of us. You won’t even know you were targeted as a political enemy until you’re in an interrogation room…
You left off these ones from the list which are pretty funny
Being the first person off a plane
Being the last person off a plane
Someone authorities believe has tried to blend in to the middle of exiting passengers’
So… getting off a plane then.
Simple throughline, two options: “Bad Vibes” aka being a minority in America or “I need to impress my superior, and the best thing i could do would be whatever sherlock holmes does, but im an idiot so ill just roll the dice on the next guy and hope im right and get promoted :)”
Basically, yeah. Law enforcement supervisors prefer higher arrest volume.