Ice Drives Unmarked Cars. This Public Database Tracks Their License Plates(theintercept.com)
57 pointsby JumpCrisscross11 days ago4 comments
  • rickydroll10 days ago
    How hard would it be to create community-run license plate capture systems, not unlike those you see police use to capture license plates?
    • tencentshill10 days ago
      The camera would have to be on private property, or someone would have to hold the camera/take shifts on a public street corner in accordance with loitering laws. Even then, they will harass and intimidate you for standing there with a camera.
      • rickydroll9 days ago
        Well, that's two problems. First, can we build the tech infrastructure to capture license plates? Second, what are the regulatory hurdles?

        To address the location issues you raised, putting a camera in your car and parking it on the street should work.

  • jeegsy11 days ago
    either way, the surveillance state beckons
  • tokyobreakfast11 days ago
    ICE drives rental cars so it's a matter of time before delusional superhero cosplayers attack a random guy in town for a shower curtain ring convention who happens to get the same car next.
    • advisedwang11 days ago
      You have a valid point about accuracy, but we haven't seen any incidents of violence on ICE agents at all, so I wouldn't worry about this causing mistaken ones.
      • plorg11 days ago
        Other public reporting notes that the system used, while heuristic in some cases, includes multiple different kinds of ICE ~oracles, so just seeing a rental car isn't enough for anyone to treat a vehicle as "confirmed" anyways.
    • elil1711 days ago
      Maybe ICE shouldn't use rental cars then.