Why “Dragnet” is being discussed
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>In The Netherlands, we do have ANPR camera's but they are run by the police and there are strict rules about data retention (no hit on a licence plate means drop the data). ANP…
by officeplant · Oct 6, 2026
The idea that a for-profit company is allowed to scan licence plates and make this data available and searchable without restrictions seems ludicrous to me. In The Netherlands,…
by louwrentius · Oct 6, 2026
The only way to fight against this dragnet is flooding these devices with fake data.
by lodovic · Oct 5, 2026
> ...I'm arguing the US constitution doesn't offer such protection. Luckily, the courts disagree with you, and have for -probably- longer than you've been alive. From printed pa…
by simoncion · Oct 4, 2026
The stress on individual was to denote that you can't, for example, get a warrant to search every American's home. It has to be limited in scope. The judge was saying that the p…
by Brybry · Oct 4, 2026
This is the current status quo and has been generally reasonable in the past, but with dragnet surveillance becoming the norm I would vastly prefer that a judge review and autho…
by SauciestGNU · Oct 4, 2026
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