From: The Prisoner <null@void.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-08-15 07:17:03 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 15:17:03 +0800
From: The Prisoner <null@void.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 15:17:03 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: photographed license plates
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Timothy C. May wrote:
>
> [WHACK]
> Maybe we'll have barcoded license plates sooner than we think. Then all of
> those speed cameras can also track our movements.
>
No, too low-tech.
Small trasnsmitters with unique programmed ID codes broadcast as you drive. Much easier to trace. And LoJack's
already got a good bit of the technology in place.
Or your GPS co-ords could be stored/buffered onboard, and uploaded to the Central Bureau every night for
analysis.
This is the kind of forward thinking that Creates Jobs!
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