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veec_cas_tant • today at 5:36 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

> First, I never implied disallowing analysis at a crime scene

You weren't implying that video evidence of a car should be off-limits to the police?

If stealing hair is too hardcore for a criminal, just use your example and imagine that, instead of having the plate captured on camera, they find it at the scene of a vehicular homicide. Should that license plate be investigated, or should it be off-limits? In this example, as the victim of a stolen license plate, I think I should be quite happy with numerous high-definition cameras that can help prove my case.

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AdieuToLogic • today at 6:08 AM

>> First, I never implied disallowing analysis at a crime scene

> You weren't implying that video evidence of a car should be off-limits to the police?

No, I did not.

A car is not a crime scene. Neither is "video evidence of a car" a crime scene.

> If stealing hair is too hardcore for a criminal ...

What I wrote was:

  Second, "stealing your hair" is a very different thing than 
  stealing license plates off of your vehicle. This should be 
  obvious.
If you cannot see the difference between someone taking an attachment from a vehicle unbeknownst to you and being in your presence to take hair off of your head, then there is no reality which we share.

> ... just use your example and imagine that, instead of having the plate captured on camera, they find it at the scene of a vehicular homicide.

Then that would be entirely different than your original assertion, which was:

  The misuse of license plate data wouldn't make my top ten 
  list of potential powers that law enforcement might abuse.
Wouldn't it?

> Should that license plate be investigated, or should it be off-limits?

What are you even talking about? You said license plate data "wouldn't make my top ten".

When did I raise the question about license plates being investigated or off-limits?

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