06-20-2015, 08:49 AM
Good question, Ghis; I'm not sure there's a simple answer.
Like you, I can't see any great harm in displaying it. Unless, of course, the photo tends to prove you were somewhere you shouldn't have been at the time it was taken. Methinks it may not only be law enforcement interested in that. In part, I think, it's part of a modern view of what privacy requires: you shouldn't display personal information. If that's right, it's entirely a personal choice. Maybe some people don't want their bikes recognised by anyone.
The more important question is probably what you do when you come to post photos of someone else's number plate. Modern protocol ay well require that you either seek their permission to display it or take steps to obscure it.
Like you, I can't see any great harm in displaying it. Unless, of course, the photo tends to prove you were somewhere you shouldn't have been at the time it was taken. Methinks it may not only be law enforcement interested in that. In part, I think, it's part of a modern view of what privacy requires: you shouldn't display personal information. If that's right, it's entirely a personal choice. Maybe some people don't want their bikes recognised by anyone.
The more important question is probably what you do when you come to post photos of someone else's number plate. Modern protocol ay well require that you either seek their permission to display it or take steps to obscure it.