Hertz Puts Cameras In Its Rental Cars, Says It Has No Plans To Use Them

Posted by samzenpus on Monday March 16, 2015 @04:04AM from the all-the-better-to-see-you-with dept.

schwit1 writes Hertz has added a camera to many of its newer cars that uses the "NeverLost" navigational device. So why is Hertz creeping out customers with cameras it's not using? "Hertz added the camera as a feature of the NeverLost 6 in the event it was decided, in the future, to activate live agent connectivity to customers by video. In that plan the customer would have needed to turn on the camera by pushing a button (while stationary)," Hertz spokesperson Evelin Imperatrice explained. "The camera feature has not been launched, cannot be operated and we have no current plans to do so."

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Re:Duct tape by itzly · 2015-03-16 04:11 · Score: 5, Funny

Or get a banana with a sticker on it. Eat the banana, and put the sticker over the camera.
Re:Duct tape by Thanshin · 2015-03-16 04:40 · Score: 5, Funny

But I don't like bananas :(
Well. Tough luck. To be a privacy conscious person, one has to eat bananas.