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by superuser2 4725 days ago
So why not make it illegal to record the location of a license plate, unless related to a specific traffic stop or target of a specific criminal investigation?

ANPR is an excellent system for finding stolen cars, fugitives, etc and responding to the hits immediately. The issue is archiving the data. So don't ban ANPR, ban the retention of license plate geolocation data without suspicion.