jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoCalifornia Passes Bill Requiring New Cars To Beep At You When You're Speedingjalopnik.comexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1298arrow-down118
arrow-up1280arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia Passes Bill Requiring New Cars To Beep At You When You're Speedingjalopnik.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 year ago the database updates will be maintained and provided in an open, unencrypted format for free the tracking data cannot be used for any other purpose These are mutually exclusive. If the data is open, unencrypted and freely accessible, it will be used for other purposes, by anyone who wants to. Also, tracking every vehicle location and storing that in a centralized database is a privacy nightmare, no matter how well it’s secured.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI think that they’re talking about two different things there in those two different sentences. The first is the map updates, the second the log of position data on the car.
These are mutually exclusive. If the data is open, unencrypted and freely accessible, it will be used for other purposes, by anyone who wants to.
Also, tracking every vehicle location and storing that in a centralized database is a privacy nightmare, no matter how well it’s secured.
I think that they’re talking about two different things there in those two different sentences.
The first is the map updates, the second the log of position data on the car.