This is getting out of hand.
So that they can get pictures of license plates tied to addresses to sell to repo companies so that the tow truck can come get your Hellcat.
Obviously the reader should confirm this for their own jurisdiction but there is no law against either removing or covering up your car’s plate(s) as long as you’re parked on your own private property. Just gotta remember to uncover them before you head out because that is illegal.
Car covers are also an alternative if you’re a renter assuming you aren’t required to have a parking pass or plates visible for parking enforcement.
Anyone wanna build smart licence plate covers? Like it either rolls up or flips up to hide the plate.
Maybe actually have it just flip down your plate when parked to obscure it. I would say power tinting to obscure it but technically its illegal to cover it most places.
“Smart” in this context wasn’t as much of a thing back then, but The Transporter had a similar option.
I would ensure it’s impossible to activate it from inside the car. Otherwise, eventually someone might worry about you cheating toll booths.
(…actually sounds like in Texas they’re just banned outright?)
Interesting but I just meant flipping down not completely making it look like no plate. I would say tie it to the ignition/power button so when off it flips down or up depending on what is less obvious. Like some cars have a bump above the plate that would be less obvious going up meanwhile trucks have ledges or tow hitch that would make it less obvious flipping down.
You could just use strong magnets and take your license plates with you like the olden days.
there is no law against either removing or covering up your car’s plate(s) as long as you’re parked on your own private property.
Not inherently true- most places ban having “unregistered” vehicles on residential areas, and if they can’t see a plate when they’re looking to cause problems, they’re going to claim it’s unregistered and make it your problem.
Ah my neighbor battles this every year lol, they have to prove the vehicle is actually functional. It becomes more of a battle then you would think if you have the will to fight them…
The only way to stop or reverse this is to get conservative capitalists out of our government.
I mean aside from literal bloody revolution, which some people say is the only way. And, as much as this may be true, it will take a lot more than what has been happening so far to incite that sort of action, so the next actionable step is to vote for and support socialists to push back against the filthy rich and their corrupt cronies that infest our government at every level.
The only way to stop or reverse this is to get conservative capitalists out of our government.
So basically everyone including the Democratic Socialist Mayor of Seattle.
…so the next actionable step is to vote for and support socialists…
On the east Coast the formerly fiery Mamdani has gone silent on this issue since becoming Mayor.
I can find examples of this kind of thing from all over the United States. I’m using Mayors Wilson and Mamdani because they directly refute the idea that “Socialists” will stop this. They clearly will not.
If you think the left doesn’t do this too I’ve got news for you.
How’s it going America?
Oh…
The Land of Free* *Terms and conditions apply.
The only condition: don’t be poor
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Our garbage trucks already have been for years… I learned that when I got an “overloaded bin” fine, with a video of my neighbor’s bin being dumped as “evidence.” I had to do a dispute and make them reverse it, not because I care about a dollar or whatever insignificant fine amount, but because, like… fuck off with that shit, you know?
That’s enraging.
I’d consider organizing a campaign to leave bricks/debris on the sides of roads on pickup days and throw their garbage on the front door step of whichever gov’t body made that decision.
Where I am there is considerable legal precedent preventing surveillance like that.
Yes, absolutely fight for principles if you have the time and energy to. That was messed up.
…can yards and house fronts for code violations: overgrown grass, illegal dumping, peeling paint…
I’m sure nobody’s going to get outrageous fines due to an AI’s false positives.
I genuinely hope it does nothing but drown people in false positives, to the point where the people who put this idea forward have to leave the state under witness protection.
Unfortunately, it’s probably just going to end up fucking a bunch of innocent people over, and the people who put the idea forward will take a nice vacation before returning to their life as normal.
on an unrelated note, a pseudo-napalm is relatively easy to make with common everyday ingredients. You know, just for intellectual curiousity and nothing more.
Why the fuck is "overgrown grass’ illegal?
Who wants to live in these places
That’s the announcement. It isn’t the story.
AI writing detected in an article about the evils of AI. It’s like rain on your wedding day.
Sorry, I can’t continue or provide the next lyrics of a copyrighted song. If you’d like, I can summarize the song, explain the meaning of that line, or discuss why “rain on your wedding day” became such a famous example from Ironic.
[Flock] run what it calls convoy analysis to flag vehicles that keep turning up near each other.
There’s an interesting article written back when it was revealed that the post office was recording the envelopes of every piece of mail it handles and what kind of data they could extrapolate from it. [If you’ve mailed a letter at the counter in the past few years, you’ll know that they bug you if you haven’t put a return address on the envelope.] Anyway, it’s called “Finding Paul Revere” and I found it an interesting read.
The idea of putting Cameras on City Vehicles and using AI to find problems, including Code Enforcement issues, is a good one IMO. The problem, as the article notes, is what that data is going to be used for in the future. We used to call this a Slippery Slope argument but the past 10 years have proven that if data is harvested that it will eventually be misused; it’s some kind of parallel to Godwin’s Law that I am going to coin as “Flock’s Law”.
In this specific instance Flock’s Law tells us that the authorities will inevitably start scanning the photos / videos for people in order to track movements, the Police will be in the database stalking people, and you’ll start getting tickets for over-filling your trash can.
Meanwhile all people really want, and what won’t happen, is someone to come by to get that absolutely jungle of a lawn mowed, fix a broken sidewalk, replace a missing street sign, or move the damn boat / camper / trailer / junk car that has been parked in the street for the last year.
Of all places, the fucked up red run Florida Oblast. I thought the MAGA nutters were all about “freedom.”
Freedom (like free market, etc) means the freedom for corps to do whatever they want. The exact opposite of what Adam Smith meant.
Classic Murica: redefine a specific term and claim it’s in line with the original definition. If you can’t beat the facts, play with the terms behind those facts. Win!
Freedom in the US means the right to ride your Harley Davidson fart noise machine wherever you want.
Freedom until they are in charge.
It’s not for them, it’s for their neighbors.
I guess they won’t be satisfied until we are all wearing mechanical suits that will prevent us from doing anything “illegal!”
or have cameras in your own house monitoring your every move. like that dropout/collegehumor skit, where republicans have cameras in every move to monitor as a “thought” police.
you already have that: your TV, your tablet, your securiy camera, your baby monitor, your doorbell, your neighbor’s doorell, your goddamn router from the ISP. your phone.
the game ended when Elon Musk got Trump the votes he needed. there is no freedom any more. all we can do is resist until they disappear us.
I feel like we might as well just shoot right to the 1984 reference
Or just electro shock collars
You guys get shock collars? We get the kind that explodes your head.
I don’t have a garbage truck. I let the city handle that.
Welfare slob huh? Stop relying on my tax dollars and get your own damn garbage truck already!
You don’t have to pay for trash collection service in your city?
The American defaultism is so fucking tiring, it’s such a constant “here’s this thing that’s only a thing in the US but it’s written like it’s global”. There needs to be a rule of at least having (US) in the title for posts that use whatever title they link to.
Isn’t one of the most common rules in news communities that the title must be exactly the same as the title of the article? That’s why this happens to you. News sources don’t always say “oh, yeah, this is just for the US, BTW.” In their headlines.
Rules have a purpose to serve. They can be changed and allow certain tags.
Or let’s say we leave the title and make it a [US] flair or marker or however that could be named. Not sure if lemmy already has that functionality.
Just saying there are possible solutions to this.
Oh, I don’t disagree with you, just giving the actual reason why these are all worded like the US is all that exists.
What if I dont have a garbage truck?
Straight to jail!
Well your neighbors might
Not to be that smug guy who drives old cars, but I can fairly safely gaurenteed my vehicles, from '84, '85, '93, '06, and '07 are not spying on me.
I’ve said this in other threads, but you are gonna see the value of old shitboxes skyrocket as they will be the last haven of privacy on the road… Until they make it illegal to drive any vehicle that doesnt record you constantly via audio/video, require a breathalyzer to start, plus 2 blood samples, a piss sample, and a Semen sample/Cervical scraping before allowing you to turn the key and enter the roadway/
Government endorsed mastrubation? Sign me up!
No, it will be via cold, unpleasant, mechanical prostate electroshock.
I already said “sign me up”, you don’t have to sell me on it.
Some people might be into that…
Jesus would cover his eyes, if his hands didnt have holes in them.
The problem with old cars is that, eventually, they will die, and all we’ll have is the surveillance boxes, no alternative.
This is part of why it’s so vital to keep the fight for surveillance-free vehicles, even if, for a brief moment, you are still able to avoid part of this monstrosity.
Yeah but if everyone else’s is, you’re getting tracked too. Just like Facebook does. It’s dogshit.
Why do you have 5 cars?
Because I’m a gearhead and I like them.
I would’ve hoped that was obvious… So, to be more specific, if that’s what you were asking:
- '84 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale
- This was my grandpa’s, so it has sentimental value.
- No one preserved these, so it’s also super unique.
- I’ve always loved the old land yachts, there’s nothing like driving a couch down the freeway.
- '85 Honda Shadow VT500C
- It’s a good little motorcycle. Reliable, cute, and slow enough that I’m less likely to kill myself on it.
- '93 Subaru Loyale 4x4
- This is probably the least rational, considering I own another station wagon, but I really like it. It’s easy to work on, super practical, fuel efficient, and comically slow. I take it offroading and camping often. It also isn’t worth much and doesn’t cost much to keep going.
- '06 BMW Z4 3.0i
- It’s a sports car. It’s fun, and probably one of the better deals in the category these days.
- '07 Volvo XC70
- I’ve converted this into an RV with an office, bed, and kitchen. I go on multi-week-long trips in it without needing to take time off of work.
- It’s also been heavily modified by myself to be quite offroad capable.
- My small community of viewers on YouTube also love this thing, so I can’t really sell it haha.
I’ll also mention that all of these vehicles combined are worth like 10-15k, which is signifigantly less than if I owned a single “nice” vehicle, and I haven’t had to go into debt to own any of them.
I’ll also also mention that, even as a gearhead, I generally agree with the fuck cars movement and whatnot. I want better public transit and such to get those that’d rather not be driving off the roads. Plus, driving in cities suck, I’m relieved to leave my car at home or a park ‘n’ ride and take transit into town. For how “free” America supposedly is, people sure don’t have the freedom to not own a car.
That ended up being rather lengthy, but what’d you expect asking someone about their hobby…
Wow, max $15k combined? Sounds like junkyard findings or something! You must be really handy, I take it.
Maybe a bit more… I was talking about current value as well, not what I paid.
Hard to say what Grandpa’s car is worth, it could be worth thousands to the right buyer, but it’s also pretty heavily used. The Subaru is worth about 2k. BMW about 7k. Volvo about 3k. Motorcycle about 1.5k. They’re just not expensive vehicles haha.
I am fairly handy, yeah, not a professional by any means haha, but I can get quite a lot done.
- '84 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale
Some people like and collect cars… Just like any other hobby.
My car doesn’t even shift for me and has no cameras or cellular radios, nor any software that can make internet connections.
If she’s spying on me she’s being quite clever about it.
