Great headline today:
"As Backlash Grows, More Americans Now Oppose Automated Police License Plate Readers Than Support"
"A new survey on police license plate cameras found that 'more Americans oppose these surveillance cameras than support them,'"
It's sad that people still don't understand the dangers of a surveillance state and the threat to freedom AND democracy it posses.
It's not just the cameras, but license plates, drivers licenses, and social security numbers.
The issue isn't credit, loans, or similar. These things can exist without any of these things. Credit existed BEFORE the social security number.
Drivers licenses didn't exist until automobiles and never really had to do with safety. It was bigotry against automobile owners at a time when they were seen as more of a nuisance as most people didn't own an automobile yet. Even after drivers licenses became a thing there weren't written tests or road tests even as recent as the late 1960s in some states.
A social security system can exist independent of it being obligatory or forced at scale.
"REAL ID" was never for genuine security. It was a reaction to 9/11 and yet every one of the 9/11 hijackers would still be allowed to board a plane today. They had drivers licenses and "REAL ID" doesn't prevent a passenger from using a passport or other device so you can't even say it's going to prevent foreigners or similar from hijacking a plane.
License plates aren't a "safety issue" either. Fake plates exist and even if they didn't or license plates weren't required cops can still pull over and arrest drivers.
Drivers licenses are also tools of tyrants. Dangerous driving and most serious accidents are a consequence of bad choices, not incapable drivers.
Option 5 "Responsible Use of Generative AI"