Hacking with a license plate.
Posted on 07/17/2013 7:39:27 AM PDT by don-o
Your cell phone number can be followed from tower to tower.
IF it is GPS enabled and that is turned on...........
A warranted caution.
I suspect there have been some serious crimes partially solved by the database, wherever it is.
As far as what they do with the info, I don’t have a clue.
And the revenue generation is not from the side of photographing license plates. It is from photographing those who run red lights or other violations. Locally, I know of none that are for revenue. Out of the area, I am aware that they do that.
GPS is not needed. If the phone is on it’s location can be figured out by using 3 cell towers and pings.
My very old Toyota pickup does not either.
hee hee hee
That’s the point - he’s trying to delete the database on the other end of a roadside camera with OCR.
When I travel on the NY Thruway and the MA Pike and I'm alone, I feel more secure knowing that it tracks me. Besides that, it is convenient with tolls.
With most things, I avoid stuff that's tracked whenever I can.
You’re missing the point. Often the tickets for running red lights are all about revenue, not traffic safety. It has been shown that the camera operators want very short yellow light timing. Setting timing for true safety means very little revenue.
There have been several court cases over this issue.
If you have all the OnStar buttons on the rearview mirror then yes, the electronics are in the rearview mirror.
Target practice anyone?
I overheard someone say, perhaps jokingly, that the numerous little cameras pointed at our roadways would be great for target practice.
Ok, I figured that was the point, just confirming what my limited computer knowledge hinted at.
There’s no darned phone call that’s so important it cannot wait until I get home.
Hacking with a license plate.
PERFECT, thanks! :)
The Feds would get more pix of the Bears, Elk and Deer poking along down the road up here where I am at rather than motor vehicles. If those cameras were ever discovered here I have a large hunch that they would not be in place long.....or at least in working order. Just a guess of course......
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