Put up billboards around metros with a license plate reader that queries this database with each passing car and announce "White Tesla Model Y XYZ-1234 You've been focked for: Inv"
Besides the obvious privacy concern: at the very least in my state (Illinois), it's not lawful for public bodies to disclose the license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras, so this data set is necessarily incomplete.
But, give it a year or two, and you can replace this whole website with a black background and 72 point white bold text "YES".
Flock is a private company, right. That's the whole schtick. Like, Flock can retain records indefinitely for example, they may sell those records to the government but they're a private party.
> at the very least in my state (Illinois), it's not lawful for public bodies to disclose the license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras, so this data set is necessarily incomplete.
No, Workers free tier is 100,000 requests/day. Considering the error is on the main page, each visit is probably taking a minimum of 10+ requests, so it can easily be overwhelmed.
I love these kinds of sites, since they're indistinguishable from honeypots. Sure, have my license plate and the information that I'm worried about being watched.
Some states, like Michigan, you can request owner information (including address) by a in-person SOS visit and $15 a plate. I've always thought this should be PII and shouldn't be allowed on reddit, for example, where PII is banned. Post a driver with plate in Michigan and you may have doxxed them.
Put up billboards around metros with a license plate reader that queries this database with each passing car and announce "White Tesla Model Y XYZ-1234 You've been focked for: Inv"
What a sick society we live in.
This unfortunately wouldn't work quite as well in states where cars arent required to have a front facing license plate (like florida)
Dystopian society.
Besides the obvious privacy concern: at the very least in my state (Illinois), it's not lawful for public bodies to disclose the license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras, so this data set is necessarily incomplete.
But, give it a year or two, and you can replace this whole website with a black background and 72 point white bold text "YES".
Flock is a private company, right. That's the whole schtick. Like, Flock can retain records indefinitely for example, they may sell those records to the government but they're a private party.
What's your point? To the extent they're a private company you're even less likely to get access to records from Flock ALPR cameras.
Just because the records created on behalf of the government are held by a private enterprise doesn't mean they aren't government records.
Right, I agree. My point is that the FOIA laws of many states forbid disclosing the data this web page purports to surface.
> at the very least in my state (Illinois), it's not lawful for public bodies to disclose the license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras, so this data set is necessarily incomplete.
They're not a public body, that was my point
> You cannot access this site because the owner has reached their plan limits. Check back later once traffic has gone down.
> If you are owner of this website, prevent this from happening again by upgrading your plan on the Cloudflare Workers dashboard.
Cloudflare making sites unavailable?
No, Workers free tier is 100,000 requests/day. Considering the error is on the main page, each visit is probably taking a minimum of 10+ requests, so it can easily be overwhelmed.
Have I been cloudflare'd?
Have I ran out of 100,000 requests?
Does your significant other know about your car collection? You may have a car hoarding problem.
Slashdotted within 3 hours.
Seems like the website has ran out of cloudflare worker credits on their plan:
I love these kinds of sites, since they're indistinguishable from honeypots. Sure, have my license plate and the information that I'm worried about being watched.
With no other identifying info, though, what can they do with a license plate number in isolation?
Some states, like Michigan, you can request owner information (including address) by a in-person SOS visit and $15 a plate. I've always thought this should be PII and shouldn't be allowed on reddit, for example, where PII is banned. Post a driver with plate in Michigan and you may have doxxed them.
Checksum?
Most people park at their home and many drive to work. If you have both of those data points, you can identify people.
That's not very useful?
For homeowners, the real estate transactions are public and majority of white collar people have LinkedIn accounts.
So, from home and work, you identify me. Then you figure out which church I attend, and which strip club I attend.
> majority of white collar people have LinkedIn accounts.
What a time to live in!
You're starting with the plate, getting the home, and then you can get the real estate info.
Most people don't expect their identity to be discoverable from their driving.
Exactly - you can collect license plates numbers way easier than this. The best data they can really get is a connection to an IP address.
Sell it to the cops and/or ICE as belonging to "self-identified persons of interest."
They list their sources, if you care but don't trust them you could replicate it on your own.
Lmao I got honeypotted in h.s. by one of those 'does your crush like you' astrology sites
Who isn't worried about being watched? I am certainly not confident the government can tell their ass from their face, so anyone could be suspect.
Sounds like social media ;-)
Lol I actually tried it with my plate, i hope i don't get SWATed
Interesting I can’t access this over VPN
Well, yeah. Clownflare
Can’t wait for the Flock Equifax/SouthParkWereSorry-esque breach announcement any day. I should start a betting pool w my friends.
If YouTube personalities can break into the hardware, I wouldn't be surprised if foreign intelligence has already figured out a way. Clownin
I've got $10 on compromised six months before they had their first customer.
just enter 10 license numbers.