RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 2 days agoHave I Been Flocked? – Check If Your License Plate Is Being Watchedhaveibeenflocked.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squaremfed1122@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoIdk how I feel about this, but at the same time I don’t know how bad it really is if they’re being malicious, because I have trouble imagining what harm could be done by knowing nothing more than a license plate number
minus-squarecøre@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoIt can be used to track where you’re going, 2hen, how fast, people in the car, etc. They also can watch pedestrians, all without a warrant.
minus-squaremfed1122@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoNo, I mean, what good would it do this site, as theoretical data harvesters, if I put in my license plate number abcd123. “oh, someone has a car with license plate abcd123” I wasn’t talking about Flock. I was talking about this site as a potential security threat.
Idk how I feel about this, but at the same time I don’t know how bad it really is if they’re being malicious, because I have trouble imagining what harm could be done by knowing nothing more than a license plate number
It can be used to track where you’re going, 2hen, how fast, people in the car, etc. They also can watch pedestrians, all without a warrant.
No, I mean, what good would it do this site, as theoretical data harvesters, if I put in my license plate number abcd123.
“oh, someone has a car with license plate abcd123”
I wasn’t talking about Flock. I was talking about this site as a potential security threat.