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Re:Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor by cgriswald on Monday March 18, 2019 @12:58PM (#19422799)
> [2] Effectively mandatory meaning that insurance without a tracker will be like 10x the price.

Or, once a critical mass is reached the insurance industry will lobby for it to be mandatory in all cars, selling it as a safety feature.

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Re:Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor by JohnFen on Monday March 18, 2019 @03:38PM (#19424403)
I do think that ubiquitous, highly intrusive spying will become mandatory for all cars at some point. I don't think it will be because of insurance. I think it's more likely to come from the push for "self-driving" cars and automated roadways.

I look at Tesla's spy system as the sort of dystopian future we can expect.

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