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Post by avordvet on Feb 17, 2014 14:59:25 GMT -5
National license plate database sparks privacy fearsMonday - 2/17/2014, 12:19pm ET, By Neal Augenstein WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security is now seeking a vendor to build and operate a smartphone-based national database of vehicle license plate information that would be shared with law enforcement. Under the DHS plan, an agent could snap a photo with a smartphone, upload it to the database, and immediately be notified whether the plate is on a "hot list" of "target vehicles." "This system is supposed to be for the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement branch of DHS, for the tracking of illegal immigrants," says WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green. www.wtop.com/1373/3563247/National-license-plate-database-sparks-privacy-fears
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Post by watchful on Feb 17, 2014 15:21:30 GMT -5
Truth is a always relevant to your opinion.
if it works like the Obamacare computer system we should all be safe!
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Post by Michael Downing on Feb 17, 2014 21:17:39 GMT -5
Truth is a always relevant to your opinion. if it works like the Obamacare computer system we should all be safe! Except it will be one more information farm for hackers to easily be able to steal your information even if the rest of it doesn't work...
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Post by avordvet on Feb 20, 2014 5:21:41 GMT -5
Anyone that thinks they will actually cancel this program is a fool, it will just be moved to another Dept and implemented without public comment. Department of Homeland Security cancels national license-plate tracking planBy Ellen Nakashima and Josh Hicks, Published: February 19 2014 Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of a plan by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to develop a national license-plate tracking system after privacy advocates raised concern about the initiative. The order came just days after ICE solicited proposals from companies to compile a database of license-plate information from commercial and law enforcement tag readers. Officials said the database was intended to help apprehend fugitive illegal immigrants, but the plan raised concerns that the movements of ordinary citizens under no criminal suspicion could be scrutinized. www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dhs-cancels-national-license-plate-tracking-plan/2014/02/19/a4c3ef2e-99b4-11e3-b931-0204122c514b_story.html
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