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California Protects Black-Box Data Privacy
Snowgen writes "According to a story at SFGate.com, California has recently passed a law regulating the little black boxes found in many modern automobiles. The new law requires that manufacturers disclose the existence of such boxes in the vehicle's operators' manual. The law also prohibits the use of data from such boxes without a court order or the permission of the vehicle's owner, unless the data is used in such a way that it can not be traced back to the owner."
Finally a reason to be proud of california
Shoot.
How the heck am I going to determine if my kids have been:
1. speeding
2. not wearing seatbelt
3. popping air-bags
4. drifting
5. figure-eighting
6. parking off a secluded roadside
Big brother, I miss ya!
A wave of car manufactures will put stickers on the steering wheel saying "RTFM n00b".
The manufacturer could paint the box blue.
Reading a manual when you first buy something or start a project is fine. It only makes you less of a man if you start on a project and have to look at the manual halfway through. Then you're admitting defeat.
I think 8-Track tapes were a continuously looping design. That's it -- we'll just make those silly black boxes play classic Grand Funk Railroad tunes while the airbag is deploying. Breathalyze that.
Drive in?
You guys are like really still in the 90's arn't you? Btw when 2000 comes along for you, dont worry its a bunch of hype.
Not really, but seriously I renember seeing that when I was a kid, but are you sure its car battery paranoia or defrosting their windows and heating the air?