Exactly. Article is written to illicit fear.  Cop here, This is a terrible program until your car is stolen or a loved one is kidnapped or worse. LPR's help us identify/recover stolen vehicles, locate vehicles associated with wanted persons, aide in investigating drug & human trafficking/homicides/interstate & border crimes. The few times I've used this program, which has been around for decades mind you, it was to 1)try and see if a murderer had fled to Mexico from Texas & 2) see where an unidentified cop killer had traveled so we could try and identify him. The program was helpful to rule in & rule out a hypothesis in both instances, respectively. In the spirit of this article, should we ban online appraisal districts because your home address is li  7ff8  sted there? Should we censor fastpeoplesearch dot com because it tells the world your phone number and address for free?  I get it, bad people can abuse these systems. On behalf of the actions of the select retards that give my line of work a bad name, I apologise. The cops I lead, and the ones I follow, actually care about the quality of service we provide you. We truly care & want you to have a good quality of life and a safe community to live, work and play in. In the meantime, please consider how software programs like these LPR's actually help us help you when shit goes sideways in your life.