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I think you're parsing this incorrectly. My reading is that Tirerack registers the DOT Tire Identification Numbers with the tire manufacturers. Not with "the g

I think you're parsing this incorrectly. My reading is that Tirerack registers the DOT Tire Identification Numbers with the tire manufacturers. Not with "the government". It's the manufacturer who is liable for damages from defective tires. So it's the manufacturer who needs this information.

nitrogen 11y ago
Ah, I see. It still results in the creation of a direct mapping from week/year of manufacture to name and address, which wouldn't be difficult for a government to obtain and use. If the tire RFID contains a serial number, then a few geographic correlations would be enough to assign that serial to a specific person.