I wonder how many are home Depot parking lots…
I kid you not, outside of Ontario and Montreal, most are at the two ubc campuses.
From what I remember when this was posted on !ubc@lemmy.ca and the UBC subreddit, they ARE automatic license plate readers, but they are likely not connected to a wider network.
UBC uses them for parking enforcement, where if you park too long then you’ll get a ticket in the mail. I feel like they’ve been in use for many years now, but I can’t confirm that.
I’d support a review of the cameras regardless, in case they ARE sharing data, storing it too long, using it for some other purpose, capturing more than they need to, etc
However, I’m not as concerned about these ones compared to something like Flock potentially setting up on our public roads
edit, sources from another thread:
I mean makes sense there are standalone LPR cameras that work locally. Not so much of an issue with those as the data is not uploaded anywhere and can’t be used to track people.
I haven’t caught any at our HD, but our Lowe’s has 4 of the fuckers checking 2 entrances.
Fuck the toronto police btw.
I’ve just checked my area… the distribution doesn’t really make sense. Some of them I already knew about, but there’s a few where roads don’t even exist.
I do think it’s the start of a fun game though; get from point A to point B without passing a security camera. You could gamify it further by requiring driving within the speed limit and penalizing 30 minutes for every surveillance camera passed.
Distributions are definitely odd. I’ve started seeing fewer of them in my city, but I do recall there being one on a remote side road, not exactly in the middle of nowhere, but definitely off the normal road.
Protest tech for the people. That is refreshing!
I got the iphone app a few days ago. I cannot see where you turn on the cameras. Went through all the settings in the app to no avail.
It’s a layer like satellite or traffic. Right under the “centre on my location” button
Thank you, for some reason I thought it was in settings.
I definitely prefer how Google maps looks, find MapQuest doesn’t highlight local vs highways, but fuck google
