it included the following elements all combined: The license plate number, images of the vehicle and license plate and immediate surroundings, plus GPS location and time and date.
So what will Johnny Law have to drop to go back to doing this? I thought it was established that once you leave you home and are in a public space, you can be recorded. After all, you are visible. If someone sees you commit a crime or visit a place in real time or after the fact, you were there, in public. It seems to be the combination of datapoints that’s at issue here.
FWIW, I expect no right of privacy once I step outside and wouldn’t care if every vehicle was tracked at all times, especially in cities. I would have liked to have my stolen car recovered more quickly, back when that happened. But I also think closer scrutiny of drivers would make cars less useful and that’s where we need to go.
