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Free Market Privacy Response to Red-Light Cameras, License Plate Readers

A commenter pointed out this commercial spray-on product that defeats red-light camera technology and likely also those pesky new License Plate Readers starting to be used around the state. See a story from Austin's KXAN-TV about the unintended spawning of this new technology and economic market by the expansion of police surveillance apparatus in public spaces.I suppose the Legislature could try to ban the product, but they're divided even on whether red-light cameras are a good idea. Like radar detectors, the product raises the question of the legitimacy of profiting from helping people break the law without consequence. I suspect that generally, the willingness of the public to tolerate and use such products - just as with radar detectors - relates directly to the public's perception of the relative justice of the underlying statute...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 19, 2010 (boomark / email).