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dduardo
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I'll just let you guys read the article:
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/transport/article334686.ece
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/transport/article334686.ece
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They tried this already. It didn't work very well. It'll probably be back online again as soon as they get it working properly.dduardo said:turbo-1, then the next step will be real-time facial recongition and the government will then track the people that you hang around with. What then? You need to start wearing masks?
At what point do we stop?
Don't be so quick to dismiss this record-keeping as harmless. Information is not automatically neutral "if you have nothing to hide", because unscrupulous people can find ways to use seemingly innocuous information for their own personal, financial, or political gain. Just think how Joe McCarthy would love to have had access to logs of who went where and when, and how Nixon would have fun with this info and applied it to his "enemies list". I especially would not want the neo-conservatives who control the US government (or the wealthy special interest groups who control them) to have access to such a pool of data.Curious3141 said:FWIW, I have no problem with the authorities monitoring and logging each and every car journey. One shouldn't have a "reasonable expectation of privacy" on the public road, so what's the need for secrecy ? If they find utility in enhancing security and solving crime, more power to them. The only people worried about this would be those with something to hide - too bad for them. If there's a case against them in court, truth will out. There is a constitutional right to privacy, but no constitutional right to lie under oath in court.
turbo-1 said:Don't be so quick to dismiss this record-keeping as harmless. Information is not automatically neutral "if you have nothing to hide", because unscrupulous people can find ways to use seemingly innocuous information for their own personal, financial, or political gain. Just think how Joe McCarthy would love to have had access to logs of who went where and when, and how Nixon would have fun with this info and applied it to his "enemies list". I especially would not want the neo-conservatives who control the US government (or the wealthy special interest groups who control them) to have access to such a pool of data.
Until you live in CA and they want find ways to tax you based on your miliage and what roads you travel.Curious3141 said:FWIW, I have no problem with the authorities monitoring and logging each and every car journey.
TheStatutoryApe said:Until you live in CA and they want find ways to tax you based on your miliage and what roads you travel.
That has more to do with the taxs than the monitoring ofcourse.
Won't bother me, as long as it is only the selfish concervatives that must pay it.Pengwuino said:Yah, can't wait until the fanatical liberals decide I need to pay $1 for every mile I'm given the "opportunity" to drive.
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