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License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets
(www.thedrive.com)
One of the reasons 80s tech is making a comeback.
this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2026
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If they track all that other stuff then they are not 'license plate cameras'.
How many criminals are taking along their microchipped pets to and from their crimes?
Rhetorical question I know. They simply do not want to allow dissidents and undesirables the freedom of movement.
Also, if you contribute to a project like this, you are a traitor and should be treated as such.
License plate cameras will soon discover rapid unscheduled disassembly
The more of you that is digital, the more of you they will see. Their ignorance of your life is a critical protection for you, from them.
This AI bubble is gonna crash so hard, none of this processing is sustainable and profitable.
Maybe time to start creating devices that spam various Bluetooth MACs and just leave them around... Raise the noise floor a bit
Nah, too easy to filter. Make them clone MACs they've seen, and simulate trips around the city.
Is this concept viable? Interesting.
... pet microchips are passive LF RFID tags, they have a readable range of maybe 15cm? Unless they've figured out some way to power them at distance (or they're sticking UHF tags in your dogs, which they arent) without frying the camera and giving everyone cancer, they're inert. What weird marketing hype.
Industry researchers have managed to create directional antennas that read 125 kHz chips (the kind used in pets) from as far away as one meter. That's most or all of the width of a sidewalk, if the reader is placed at ground level.
For unimplanted tags of unspecified size sure it's technically possible to do, but I'll let the article summarize why this is blatant marketing hype:
The ideal lab setup often fails miserably once you mount the reader near a gate or machine frame.
It’s worth saying: 1 meter is an ambitious goal for 125kHz. LF systems are intentionally short-range to prevent cross-talk. If you truly need 1-meter coverage, sometimes the real solution isn’t to push more current — it’s to rethink geometry, use multi-coil zones, or explore hybrid systems (LF for identity, HF/UHF for distance).
and then mention that the interference from the dermis vastly reduces the useful range of the tags, and that the article doesn't actually specify what type of tag they're designing for (or if it's using a set orientation...).
ghost in the shell laughing man shit.
a couple years go by and they don't know how to track people regularly anymore.
so if we bypass these sensors and algorithms, we become invisible in plain sight
Eventually you’ll be able to walk around invisibly simply by not carrying a phone.
Brb making RF insulated glove boxes.
I hope for a horrible end for whatever piece of shit decided to track pets. A curb stomping would be too kind for that kind of trash.
Jokes on you. I leave all my electronics at home. Fuck having a digital leash, especially one that can be tracked.
Just add water.
