Comments on: Good News, nearly: UK Government Gives Up Plans for Snooping Database http://www.kesterbrewin.com/2009/04/27/good-news-nearly-uk-government-gives-up-plans-for-snooping-database/ // __ issues. in code. __ // Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:30:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: KB http://www.kesterbrewin.com/2009/04/27/good-news-nearly-uk-government-gives-up-plans-for-snooping-database/comment-page-1/#comment-1924 KB Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:08:59 +0000 http://www.kesterbrewin.com/?p=647#comment-1924 That's the grey area - how long this stuff is stored for. They are all over the place, and what people don't really realise is that the speed cameras which are all over the place are actually dual purpose: they register plates too, and check for car tax, MOT, insurance and everything... What is of particular concern is not how good police (or po-leece as McNulty would have it ;-) ) use this access to information, but how the rogues will - and I'm sure they will - access and sell it on, or some idiot from the government will burn it on to CD and leave it on a train. That’s the grey area – how long this stuff is stored for. They are all over the place, and what people don’t really realise is that the speed cameras which are all over the place are actually dual purpose: they register plates too, and check for car tax, MOT, insurance and everything…

What is of particular concern is not how good police (or po-leece as McNulty would have it ;-) ) use this access to information, but how the rogues will – and I’m sure they will – access and sell it on, or some idiot from the government will burn it on to CD and leave it on a train.

]]> By: Mike O http://www.kesterbrewin.com/2009/04/27/good-news-nearly-uk-government-gives-up-plans-for-snooping-database/comment-page-1/#comment-1923 Mike O Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:50:39 +0000 http://www.kesterbrewin.com/?p=647#comment-1923 Don't you still have the license plate readers? Is all that data stored? Or is it used for one-time searches, enforcement, etc. American plates are issued by the individual states and are much harder to read. But we are slowly converting to the Euro-style plates, and a few automatic readers are in use at unmanned security gates (at our container ports) that use those plates. The police do use readers for conventional plates, too, but they are largely usable only if the speed is low (or zero). Don’t you still have the license plate readers? Is all that data stored? Or is it used for one-time searches, enforcement, etc.

American plates are issued by the individual states and are much harder to read. But we are slowly converting to the Euro-style plates, and a few automatic readers are in use at unmanned security gates (at our container ports) that use those plates.

The police do use readers for conventional plates, too, but they are largely usable only if the speed is low (or zero).

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