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

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. And now, your daily dose of tinfoil hattery by Iamthecheese · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'll just leave this and this here.

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    If video games influenced behavior the Pac Man generation would be eating pills and running away from their problems.
  2. OnStar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Do you recall OnStar? They would let the FBI listen in on car conversations without the passengers being aware.

    http://subliminalnews.com/archives/000119.php

    Of course they would NEVER use these, no way, go about your business citizen.