Track Americans Wherever They Drive: Fed Proposal
TECHNOLOGY AND POLITICS
COMMENTARY
Even if you have nothing to hide this still can't be a good idea.
NEWSLINE
No policy bans police from automatically sending out speeding tickets based on what the GPS data say.
NEWSBYTE
Perspective: E-tracking, coming to a DMV near you
(CNET) Trust federal bureaucrats to take a good idea and transform it into a frightening proposal to track Americans wherever they drive.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has been handing millions of dollars to state governments for GPS-tracking pilot projects designed to track vehicles wherever they go. So far, Washington state and Oregon have received fat federal checks to figure out how to levy these "mileage-based road user fees." Read full story.
TENSION: Right to privacy
GRAVITY: Global
Tags: News, Computers and Internet, technology, Current Events, Politics
COMMENTARY Even if you have nothing to hide this still can't be a good idea.
NEWSLINE
No policy bans police from automatically sending out speeding tickets based on what the GPS data say.
NEWSBYTE
Perspective: E-tracking, coming to a DMV near you
(CNET) Trust federal bureaucrats to take a good idea and transform it into a frightening proposal to track Americans wherever they drive.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has been handing millions of dollars to state governments for GPS-tracking pilot projects designed to track vehicles wherever they go. So far, Washington state and Oregon have received fat federal checks to figure out how to levy these "mileage-based road user fees." Read full story.
TENSION: Right to privacy
GRAVITY: Global
Tags: News, Computers and Internet, technology, Current Events, Politics
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