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Re:Big Brotheresque App Kills Your Automotive Anonymity by jamesaguilar on Thursday December 16, 2010 @03:44PM (#2013588)
You seem to be confused. There is no reason to believe the police will charge you based on an anonymous comment from a user of this app. If they did, I am sure he would be called to the witness stand if you decided to contest the charge. But honestly I cannot see this happening at all.

I really don't understand what you are so riled up about considering in another thread not five minutes ago you claimed that the police never charge anyone based on traffic violations reported by other citizens. As I recall, you had this on good authority from your friend in the NYPD.

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Re:Big Brotheresque App Kills Your Automotive Anonymity by vaksel on Thursday December 16, 2010 @03:49PM (#2013613)
my problem isn't with the DMV aspect, since they can't do anything with it....my problem is with the insurance companies, who might just decide to factor this into their rate calculations.

And since the rates seem to be taken from thin air, they could raise your rates without you ever knowing that someone reported you.

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