License plate database...

[Watchman57]

Land of the free??? NOT!:

EconomicPolicyJournal.com: The Tracking Tool the Government Uses that You Already Carry with You

[buzzards27]

Originally Posted by TrapperJohn

If he told you, then its public, unless you work for the FBI or other agency and have a clearance, and had a need to know.

If you don't work for the FBI or other agency and you are afraid to discuss it because he may have said too much, then you just admitted he divulged sensitive or classified information to you. Now you are both guilty.

I'm guessing he didn't say anything that wasn't public. That's not as fun as saying "my friend told me some secret stuff...".

For all the years I had my clearance, not once did a scenario like yours come up.

But you would agree there are multiple data bases that do not cross reference one another and that single use clearances are issued to access some of them? Having clearance is different that being a technical expert doing searches and showing others how to work their way thru the system. Not really sure what level of clearance they hold or even the dept they work out of, but they do go to Jekyle Island now and then. Who's meeting out there?

[buzzards27]

Originally Posted by HurricaneDC

License plate readers: A useful tool for police comes with privacy concerns - The Washington Post

The geek in me says it's cool technology and part of me thinks it's a very useful tool. But I can also see how it can be abused.

Ok, thanks, then this part of the post above was embellishment.

" tapped into the license tag scanning database and tracked her street by street all the way to her boyfriend's house."

We don't know that her car was tracked street by street or that she was with a boyfriend.

She was likely found by a random hit from a patrol car mounted unit and not one on every light pole system the poster was imagining.