Thus, with no back-channel, simply disabling it is no problem and noone will know.
Indeed- I'd expect they'd have to have a big penalty for being caught with a modified car. Maybe a sort-it-out-in-a-few-days-or-else kinda thing.
Unless the car records the information and gives it to someone else, there isn't a privacy issue here to worry about. If they want to track you, they'll hide their own micro-GPS receiver + secret transmitter somewhere you won't look:)
However I can think of a dozen reasons why a satellite slowing down my car against my will is insane. Just the other day I was in a car going 130 Mph at on a busy city street. Reckless driving perhaps but the lady in the back seat was in labor.
Is a satellite going to know or care about that ?
The pedestrian/ other motorist that you hit at 130Mph certainly won't care about anything else any more. Plus in a crash at that speed, how likely is the baby to survive?
Do people have the right to jeopardise others to that extent?
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Indeed- I'd expect they'd have to have a big penalty for being caught with a modified car. Maybe a sort-it-out-in-a-few-days-or-else kinda thing.
Unless the car records the information and gives it to someone else, there isn't a privacy issue here to worry about. If they want to track you, they'll hide their own micro-GPS receiver + secret transmitter somewhere you won't look :)
Is a satellite going to know or care about that ?
The pedestrian/ other motorist that you hit at 130Mph certainly won't care about anything else any more. Plus in a crash at that speed, how likely is the baby to survive?
Do people have the right to jeopardise others to that extent?