1996-08-15 - Re: photographed license plates

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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

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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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