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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: GraculusGraculus Date: Aug 24, 2008 11:10
> In article 4ax.com>, Alang says...
>>> Because ANPR cameras are surveillance cameras. You don't have to do
>> something illegal to have your every car movement recorded. Something
>> in a free country that I find abhorrent. They are one step short of
>> permits to be out after curfew.
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> Do you use a credit card or a direct debit card to pay for goods? Do
> you have a loyalty or points card such as a Tesco points card or a
> Shell Air Miles card? Are your wages paid into your bank by your
> employer and do you have direct debits?
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> If so, all your bleating and whining is for fuck all because those will
> reveal far more about you than the ANPR network.
The difference is that with all those things, you have a choice. You don't
have to have a credit card, and you certainly don't have to have a loyalty
card. Moreover, the companies have privacy statements which you can read and
determine what they may or may not do with the data they collect. With all
the government databases, which they seem to be obsessed with, there is no
such thing. You have no choice on being on or off the database, and there is
no control over what they do with it. These days, losing the data seems to
be the favourite thing.
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