<p>My PyCon US 2025 talk was about the use and abuse of OCR, including license plate scanners. It may have come off as conspiracy theory thinking, but it's quite feasible with current technology. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHUvzkuf3Qk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=bHUvzkuf3Qk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>And now our modern-day secret police Gestapo is using it: <a href="https://san.com/cc/ice-illegally-gains-informal-access-to-nationwide-license-plate-camera-network/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">san.com/cc/ice-illegally-gains</span><span class="invisible">-informal-access-to-nationwide-license-plate-camera-network/</span></a></p>
