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Otherwise known as microphones?
Cameras with microphones. Once a loud vehicle is detected the license plate has to be photographed.
Great, for added big brother points, the government could literally listen to every conversation on every street corner...
Edit. Perhaps someone could enlighten me as to why the police having live recording microphones everywhere is a good idea, generally you'd need a warrant to record citizens.
But sure, this is just for loud exhausts and has no other possible uses. Lol!
I always ask myself with these sorts of things, what would the CCP do?
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/21/world/asia/china-surveillance-investigation.html
I don't think it's wise to install potential dual use surveillance tech that a future government/leader could use
Hate to admit even the least paranoid among us to take this with caution.
I can turn my phone off or leave it at home...
But do you do that?
That's not the point. The point is we shouldn't have to.
Mics can collect voiceprints. It's like the police dusting for your fungerprints wherever you go. Which, if they had a warrant and cause, fair enough, but everyone 24/7? Seems like a privacy invasion to me.
Yeah and where are you more likely to talk about sensitive information, at home or outside next to a busy street?
Er, outside in a busy street. Isn't that tradecraft 101?
But, the police have other ways these days
https://www.policeprofessional.com/news/lip-reading-technology-to-combat-crime/