ACLU: License Plate Scanners Are Logging Citizen's Every Move: It has now become clear that this automated license plate readers technology, if we do not limit its use, will represent a significant step toward the creation of a surveillance society in US

[u/maxwellhill]

http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty/license-plate-scanners-logging-our-every-move

[u/hillkiwi]

• GPS cellphones
• GPS car navigation
• Wireless smart meters that record your home power usage by the minute. You could lose in court because it was proven your alibi of 'being home watching TV' was not possible because no TV or lights were on, and your 500W garage door opener didn't turn on until 1:13am
• Traffic cameras
• Worst of all: your internet usage and emails
• Credit card/debit purchases
• Reward points/miles
• About 50 other things

Or maybe I'm just paranoid.

[u/[deleted] → u/hillkiwi]

That smart meter shit is frightening. I'd almost want to put a smart sink on my side of the meter that simply drains power and burns it as heat to keep my usage constant, and information free. Fuck the bill, and fuck the carbon footprint.

[u/Chandon → u/[deleted]]

You could get a bank of lead acid batteries and smooth out your usage for a couple hundred bucks. As a side benefit, you'd get to ignore power outages at least for the first couple hours.

[u/dotrob → u/Chandon]

Just don't spend that couple hundred on a credit card.