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Lawmakers Try To Block Black Box Technology In Cars, DVR Tracking
Lucas123 writes "Lawmakers this week filed bipartisan legislation that would give car owners control over data collected in black box-style recorders that may be required in all models as soon as next year. The move follows a separate proposal made earlier this month that would limit telecommunications companies in tracking viewer activity with new digital video recorders (DVR) technology. The 'Black Box Privacy Protection Act' would give vehicle owners more control over the information collected through a car or motorcycle event data recorders, which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed be required in all new cars as of 2014. 'For me, this is a basic issue of privacy,' said Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA). 'Many consumers aren't even aware that this technology is already in most vehicles.' The second, more colorfully titled piece of legislation, is the 'We Are Watching You Act'. The bill was filed in response to reports that national telecommunications companies are exploring technology for DVRs that would record the personal activities of people as they watch television at home in order to target them for marketing and advertising. If implemented, among other things, when the recording device is in use, the words 'WE ARE WATCHING YOU' would appear on the television screen. 'This may sound preposterous, but it is neither a joke nor an exaggeration,' Capuano said. 'These DVRs would essentially observe consumers as they watch television as a way to super-target ads. It is an incredible invasion of privacy.'"
Programming/reprogramming these things.
Judge: Officer Friday, could you please repeat that, I'm not sure I heard it right.
Friday: Yes, your honor. It appears on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013, the suspect's car was orbiting Europa, in clear violation of the directive to leave this one moon alone.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Oh for FSM's sake, please let the xxxxx much? meme die. It is horrible grammar and makes you sound dumb. You cannot put a noun with much and make a complete sentence. It has to be a verb-- Lie much? Jack off much? 4th Amendment is not a verb. "4th Amendment much?" is not a fucking sentence. Technically something like "Lie much?" isn't sentence either. There is a "Do you" that is implied and I hate implied stuff too.
Whine much? YES I DO!
Dashboard cams are very common in Russia. That's why so many people got good shots of the meteorites. Apparently the cams are useful when dealing with some of the local LEO's.
Dammit, man, this is Slashdot. Your second sentence mentioned meteors, so I naturally assumed that LEO stood for low-earth orbit. Had to read it a second time, though maybe my first reading would make sense, too.
I only post comments when someone on the internet is wrong.