alt Hacker NewsNumber plates are just one of the privacy tracking technologies. Any modern connected car infotainment system will report and have that data sold or anything that has Bluetooth can be tracked.
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snarf21 • last Wednesday at 9:18 PM
Including the camera and microphone in our pocket that pings every cell tower every time we move.
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exhilaration • last Wednesday at 9:09 PM
Recent car tracking discussion here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46097624
sodality2 • last Wednesday at 10:00 PM
To an extent this data is within our reach to stop (buy old car, unplug cellular modules, etc). With ALPRs the only option is moving.
Bluetooth? You're overthinking this. We've been mandated to carry 4-5 transmitters per vehicle broadcasting their UIDs at 315 MHz since the mid 2000s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_TPMS