On: Maker of US border's license-plate scanning tech ransacked by hacker

[jstanley]

Given that this is literally only useful for tracking people, not approving the project would be ideal.

[Retra → jstanley]

Tracking people is like 90% of what every organization does. It's why we have names, phone numbers, addresses, id numbers, license plates, etc. "Tracking people = bad" is an untenable assumption.

[savethefuture → Retra]

Well go ahead and dox yourself right here for us.

[Retra → savethefuture]

Perhaps I'm not being clear. "Tracking people involuntarily" might be bad. "Tracking people unnecessarily" might be bad. But they will be bad because they are involuntary and unnecessary, not because they are tracking people.

[komali2 → Retra]

Ok, I argue then that all tracking of people is unnecessary.

[Retra → komali2]

Are you going to actually argue it, or are you just going to tease? It means nothing to me that you would disagree in some vague manner.

[stale2002 → savethefuture]

My username is associated with my real life identity and would be trivial for people to look me up.

I am already "doxxed" and it doesn't bother me.

[torified → stale2002]

I don't see it anywhere. Where does it list your personal info?

[stale2002 → torified]

It's easily googleable, man. In 5 minutes you could find my LinkedIn info, and then know exactly who I am and where I work.