11.16.2005

Total traffic awareness

From the stranger than fiction files - according to The Register, it seems the UK has begun building a "national vehicle movement database" that tracks every car on every highway every hour of every day.

The system uses cameras and software that can recognize plate numbers, linking them to databases of insurance coverage and vehicle taxes.

It's like Sim City, with a little 1984 thrown in.

Tags: privacy, security

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