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For cars stuff is even harder now. EU for example has regulations that make mandatory for all new cars to come with tracking devices and logging of what you do
by speeder 5y ago
For cars stuff is even harder now.
EU for example has regulations that make mandatory for all new cars to come with tracking devices and logging of what you do with the car.
EDIT: just remembered the name of one of such things. It is "eCall", now mandatory on EU. It mandates all cars must have GPS, Galileo, microphone, logging, cellphone transmitter, and be able to detect a serious emergency happened and call the police automatically and provide them with all data needed.
Seemly removing that crap from the car is illegal too. (I don't live in EU right now so I didn't dove too deep in that subject).
- KingMachiavelli 5y ago> The SIM-card used to transmit the eCall data is dormant, i.e. it is only activated in case the vehicle has a serious accident (e.g. the airbag is activated). At least the EU cares about the privacy implications of some of the stuff it does. If/when this happens in the US, they'll just let the auto companies offset the cost by selling the data it collects. For them it's a win-win-win, the government looks good by improving safety to 90% of people, companies can make more money by selling data, and the government can buy that data to circumvent the legal restrictions on tracking citzens directly. [1] https://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/its/road/action_plan/ecall_en https://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/its/road/action_plan/e...
- danlugo92 5y agoSounds like something out of China.
- iso1210 5y agoDo China have a society built on advertising stuff you don't want or need on TV and radio and in magazines and movies, and at ballgames, and on buses, and milk cartons, and T-shirts, and bananas, and written in the sky?
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