Back in the 1700’s, places like Salem, Massachusetts got pretty worked-up about witches. Fear and misinformation drove officials to undertake horrible acts. But even Salem’s wacky witch hunters didn’t think it made sense to outlaw the use of brooms, since they couldn’t tell the difference between the household variety and the witches' getaway vehicles.
We are once again seeing a witch hunt against useful technology, this time in the shape of license plate recognition (LPR) technology. LPR is technology that can read and record the license plate numbers of cars, whether stationary or while driving by.