Yes, great point. Previously there was a limitation on how easily cops could find a reason to harass you and now there isn't. There's literally zero difference between those scenarios.

If you need technology to help you read a license plate then I'm not surprised you don't understand the ramifications of sweeping AI identification and tracking being used, especially in a country with poor civil rights protections.

What really blows my mind is that some people have such a shallow, surface level understanding of the potential impact of technology on society.