Max Planck Institute Brandenburg License Plate Scanning, Access to Telecommunications Data and Mobile Phone Localization Study
January 9, 2012 in Germany
The following report and presentation were compiled by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, a quasi-governmental research institution funded by the German government, regarding controversial police powers in the German state of Brandenburg including automated license plate searches, mobile phone localization and access to telecommunications data.
| Recht und Praxis der anlassbezogenen automatischen Kennzeichenfahndung, Verkehrsdatenabfrage und Mobilfunkortung zur Gefahrenabwehr in BrandenburgLaw and practise of automatic number plate scanning, access to telecommunications data and mobile phone localization in the German state of Brandenburg | 184 pages | April 2011 | Download PDF (8.79 MB) |
| Verkehrsdatenabfrage, Mobilfunkortung, KennzeichenfahndungTelecommunications Data Records, Mobile Phone Localization, License Plate Scanning | 16 pages | October 2011 | Download PDF (229.29 KB) |
| Zip archive containing both files | Download ZIP (8.86 MB) |
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Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office has had this capability for a few years now. (license plate reading) I’ve watched it work. They don’t have to physically see the plate. Anyone with arrest warrants, out of date tag or no insurance, and within a specific circle of coverage, automatically pops up on their laptop in the police cruiser.
This site will most likely be shut down once SOPA is passed.
Scary and most likely illegal in germany. We need better laws. Good thing clever people like the pirate party start showing up in german parliaments. This can only be dealt with if laws are created that forbid such police state activities.
lots of typos in the above German lines
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