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.
Yayyyy three cheers for pre-crime
If they’re going to keep doing ALPR cameras, license plates should be abolished, as they are compelled speech.
I remember seeing that documentary called Minority Report.
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.
ctOS from Watch Dogs was supposed to be a warning… It wasn’t supposed to become a real system.
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?
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.
The police don’t need a computer to suspect you. They already suspect you.
They need a computer to blame the mistake on.
Digital K9s for all the officers!
HAY, I didn’t consent to be searched by a dog either.
“Do you know why I pulled you over?”
“…do you?”
My go to response to that question is, “Because you thought I was Brad Pitt and you wanted my autograph? I know, I get it a lot.” I look nothing like Brad Pitt.
Yeah… if you’re username is anything to go by, you look just like Winnie the Pooh
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.
I got so tired of the quarters problem (bank online so I get ATM fees then have to go to a laundromat to pretend I’m doing laundry there) that I bought a whole-ass washing machine for $180 to avoid the problem.
I’m actually saving a ton of money and because my landlord is checked out and lives far from here he’ll never know we have a portable washer in our apartment.
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?
“Just following AI’s orders.”
Looking for crimes, not criminals.
So, it looks for the dark skinned people?
don’t eat it… just take a nibble:
https://disreport.com/articles/dgojirza/flock-cameras-found-to-have-adjustable-racism-setting
was posted here: https://sh.itjust.works/post/69009185I really wouldn’t have been surprised, especially since ICE is one of the primary users of that kind of system.
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.
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.
There’s a video where a guy is just walking home from his shift and gets wellness checked by a passing trooper into being arrested.
