A woman drives with both hands on the wheel. Her phone sits face-down on her lap. No officer pulls her over. No lights flash. Weeks later, a $1,251 ticket arrives in the mail. The evidence: a single frame from a Camera surveillance app. The charge: phone use while driving.

Automated camera companies market their devices as automated license plate readers — tools for catching stolen cars, flagging warrants, and aiding serious investigations.

Sold as a Crime Tool. Used as a Fine Machine.

  • BussyCat@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Wouldn’t you just need a police officer to go to court and say they are accusing you based on said evidence and then you still face the accuser

    The huge invasions of privacy seem like a much bigger issue but I am also not a legal expert