Re:The feds' vehicle 'kill switch' mandate is a gross violat...
by ndsipa_pomu on Friday November 24, 2023 @06:36AM
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Well, I'm in the UK but not a driver (cyclist by choice). My point is that the black boxes should be almost mandatory (or at least fitted by default) in order to detect health problems which I don't think the insurance company provided boxes do. Have it be a standardised device and provide the data to the owner so that they can decide on whether or not to provide that data to third parties (probably worth having anonymised data available to the government too). It could be a very useful early warning of a number of conditions as well as providing an incentive for drivers to pay attention.
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Re:The feds' vehicle 'kill switch' mandate is a gross violat...
by whatevaa on Friday November 24, 2023 @09:40AM
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What sort of early warnings are you thinking about exactly? Also, lol, no, governments are not gonna bother propely anonymising the data too. Plus if it's anonymous what's the point of this data?
Re:The feds' vehicle 'kill switch' mandate is a gross violat...
by ndsipa_pomu on Friday November 24, 2023 @10:00AM
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Early warnings of dementia or even eyesight problems - both of those are likely to lead to a change in driving style with more pronounced braking as the driver reacts slower to events.
It would make sense to anonymise the data before sending it to the government and the point of the data is to identify road congestion and problematic junctions. It could also feed into better tracking of traffic lights timings etc. None of those uses have a requirement to know whether it's Mr Jones in his red Corsa or Mrs Malaprop in her SUV.
Re:The feds' vehicle 'kill switch' mandate is a gross violat...
by rcxdude on Friday November 24, 2023 @02:26PM
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location data is basically impossible to anonymise: if you have a record of someone's movements over any more than a day you can almost certainly work out where they live and work, for example. When it comes to personal data you can't just wave an anonymisation wand and say it's definitely OK now, you need to think carefully about the exact case, and especially the more data that is collected the more difficult it is to actually keep things private.