Access to the Lebanon car plate database is restricted to authorized personnel, including:
on GitHub provide open-source code for real-time plate detection using YOLOv8 and PaddleOCR. The Marketplace for "Special Numbers"
In February 2021, a activist group called LiHaQli (“Monitor Me” in Arabic) published a searchable web interface for a subset of the database—around 1.2 million records. Their goal: expose how easily the state loses control of sensitive data. The backlash was immediate. Banks, politicians, and celebrities discovered their private cars (and second homes’ vehicles) were publicly searchable. Some owners faced harassment or kidnapping threats. The government shut down the site, but mirrors remain.
Access to the Lebanon car plate database is restricted to authorized personnel, including:
on GitHub provide open-source code for real-time plate detection using YOLOv8 and PaddleOCR. The Marketplace for "Special Numbers" lebanon car plate database
In February 2021, a activist group called LiHaQli (“Monitor Me” in Arabic) published a searchable web interface for a subset of the database—around 1.2 million records. Their goal: expose how easily the state loses control of sensitive data. The backlash was immediate. Banks, politicians, and celebrities discovered their private cars (and second homes’ vehicles) were publicly searchable. Some owners faced harassment or kidnapping threats. The government shut down the site, but mirrors remain. Access to the Lebanon car plate database is