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Holy fucking shit... At this point, let's just GPS tag every car? It's the same fucking thing.

• ptaipale 12y ago
  Over here (Finland), the government (driven by Ministy of Treasury and Ministry of Traffic officials) really plans that. Put a mandatory GPS tracker in every vehicle, to collect tax based on where the vehicle was driven. Privacy concerns are brushed away with the usual "we will make it secure" and "if you have nothing to hide, there's no harm". And the usual promises "we will only use it for tax reasons, nothing else", which promise will of course be broken once the system is established, because "we need to all we can to prevent serious crime". The amazing thing is how completely predictable the whole path is.