<p><pre><code>    &gt; This is really scary, scary stuff
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Perhaps. It&#x27;s been happening for a decade in the UK though:
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Automatic_number_plate_recognition_in_the_United_Kingdom" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Automatic_number_plate_recogni...</a><p><pre><code>    &gt; Vehicle movements on UK roads are recorded by a
    &gt; network of nearly 8000 cameras capturing between 25
    &gt; and 30 million ANPR ‘read’ records daily. These
    &gt; records are stored for up to two years in the 
    &gt; National ANPR Data Centre
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Generally no effort is made to disguise it. Police cars have the letters ANPR stamped on them in big letters if they&#x27;re carrying one.<p>The profiling you&#x27;re worried about happening is explicitly touted as an aim of the UK government effort.<p>The UK approach often appears to be pro-surveillance, and then letting the courts work out what constitutes reasonable usage, a luxury afforded by having such a robust and independent legislature.