- Nov 17, 2009
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In Nevada, where about 50 volunteers' cars were equipped with the devices not long ago, drivers were uneasy about the government being able to monitor their every move.
"Concerns about Big Brother and those sorts of things were a major problem," said Alauddin Khan, who directs strategic and performance management at the Nevada Department of Transportation. "It was not something people wanted."
As the trial got underway, the ACLU of Nevada warned on its website: "It would be fairly easy to turn these devices into full-fledged tracking devices.... There is no need to build an enormous, unwieldy technological infrastructure that will inevitably be expanded to keep records of individuals' everyday comings and goings."
Nevada is among several states now scrambling to find affordable technology that would allow the state to keep track of how many miles a car is being driven, but not exactly where and at what time. If you can do that, Khan said, the public gets more comfortable.
A black box in your car? Some see a source of tax revenue - latimes.com
I don't get more comfortable. Who can trust the government to not use the data to spy on you, particularly after the NSA revelations?
I'm sure the "if you have nothing to hide" candy ass crowd will roll over for this one too.
I don't see this being a privacy issue as long as the black box only uses gps to calculate miles driven and does not transmit gps coordinates. This can easily be written into the law.
My whole point is that you can't trust them to respect your privacy even if it is written into the law. Who is going to know it's happening?
NSA, anyone?