Re: Taking RFID a bit too far?

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart.grimshaw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:48:42 -0000, John Andrews
<groups@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Stuart
>
> Nope - car cloning will increase!

On a more serious note, that's kind of my point, coppers see
"your"
car and come knocking on your door, it's then up to you to prove your
not involved because some camera that can read number plates thought
you were there.

Sane reason automatic gate openers don't just rely on reading your
number plate. That system has been around for years, IBM even released
a computer vision API that could do it for you ...

>
> A couple of years ago, I came across a replacement for the number
plate - a
> large LCD display that could be programmed with anything.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Grimshaw [mailto:stuart.grimshaw@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 March 2005 20:40
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Taking RFID a bit too far?
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> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:46:10 -0000, Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
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> >
> > Superb system! A traffpol friend gave me a demo of it in his
bimmer about
> a
> > year ago and its really quite remarkable watching it picking out
and
> > checking plates ... Checks for uninsured, untaxed, stolen, banned
driver
> > owner etc. as well as against scene of crimes databases too.
>
> Superb piece of kit undoubtably, and if it saves coppers the job of
> looking for uninsured/taxed cars, and can reduce the numbero of the
> vehicles on the road superb!
>
> My worry is when I get a knock on the door because this system has
> seen my car near the scene of some crime ...
>
> As an aside, raise your hand if you think the cost of motor insurance
> will come down when the number of uninsured cars drops?
>
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