Monitoring and Tracking systems
People have different opinions about this method.
Number plate recognition system
public monitoring/tracking
worker monitoring/ tracking
Sometimes this makes you feel safe because you are being monitored and they see it as a fight against terrorism and crime
but, it can also erode your privacy and they can be used to check up on us.
Method that uses optical character recognition.
this is obtained from cameras that record the car plates.
it can be used in:
car park management
Electric toll coollection
road enforcement .
When you go at a higher speed than permitted it takes a picture and it uses this to find more about you.
when you park illegally so fines can be sent
Recognise cars whose car is out of date
car plates are read by a camera and it allows to see where it is parked, the barrier is raised.
can be used for pre-booked spaced at airport car parks
car numbers using toll road, bridges or tunnels are recognised so the payment can be collected from the driver automatically This saves them for the need of having change to pay..
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It is possible to locate the position of a person using their mobile phone and possible to determine the `places they been in a period of time
Your web browsing activity is recorded by your internet service provider and it is possible to identify the computer from which an email or message is sent.
It is therefore almost impossible to remain anonymous on the internet
usually for commercial purposes
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supermarket checkout
Internal use is monitored by network managers to record what pays employees look at how much time and other things
Emails can be read
Deliver driver can have GPS and you can locate them.
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