Re: AC AC AC Morality
I think you suffer from Pronoia. Everythings happy, the world's great and you are happy for all your personal information to be accessible by the powers that be. I do hope for your sake you or your family don't do or support anything that currently or in the future is deemed to be counter to our glorious government's actions or intent.
Let me reply for the last time though it appears to be a bit of a waste of time as you are quite single minded which is a bit sad as being open to opinion gives you a much more fulfilling life.
"Every year the coppers in London alone stop dozens of vehicles owned by drug-dealers being used to transport drugs with said drug-dealers behind the wheel. You are crediting criminals with far too much intelligence."
So you know where a drug dealer has been? APNR is not on every street and will not show you who and where said drug dealer has supplied the drugs to or got them from. Also in case you don't know most drug dealers don't use their own car they get friends to ferry them around.
"A simple case would be of a body buried near a road which may be undiscovered for years, but the ANPR records could allow the authorities to look back and see all the vehicles that went down the nearest road for the period the body was most likely buried in, thus generating a list of possible witnesses and suspects. Want to pretend all crimes are discovered instantly?"
Again and you can check this yourself, APNR is not on every single street. In fact if you go and have a look about ANPR is usually on the edge of housing areas and between council boroughs.
"So you have a view that you cannot support with any form of logical argument, you just maintain that it is "not right"?"
Read first paragraph I explain it there, that doesn't just apply to you but anyone you associate with.
"Which ignores the fact that society is also based on the principles of protecting the public from harm and also of providing legal security through investigating crimes, both of which ANPR does aid. Indeed, in the UK the authorities are legally obliged to provide both to the public."
As I stated, using the records as-is is not an issue but when you record all journeys in a searchable database you are then adding the option of multiple use which is not just for crime.
"When someone has not insured a vehicle (or if they have declared it SORN), the coppers need to provide evidence that the vehicle has been used on the public roadway. The ANPR database can provide that."
As above all you need to know is that the vehicle is on the road. This can and is done in real time so the police can send someone to apprehend the offender.
"Well, I am going to downvote you because I think you didn't really put much thought into your post (possibly due to the paranoia...?)"
Good for you, you can call me paranoid all you want I might even put it on my tombstone. At the end of the day you are happy for our government to collect all this information and have no fear it may be used in a way that is counter productive to your freedom , you also believe that they are doing nothing wrong which leads me to my final point. If the government are collecting all this information and there is no ulterior motive then why hide it from parliament and the public? Surely this is something they should celebrate, hey everyone look at all the criminals this information has helped catch (before you counter with it needs to be secret try watching one of the various cops style show, they clearly show the use of ANPR in real time).