Cyclops
September 7th, 2007, 03:54 AM
Law inforcement in the US is going over the top .... again.
Big Brother can nail you down to three meters with your cell phone, he has cameras everywhere that can track your movements, now he wants to be able to use your GPS not only to see where you are right now but where you have been in the past.
Mercedes Benz refuses to ‘rat’ on customer through GPS
Love your GPS, but just can’t shake the fact that ‘Big Brother’ might be ridin’ shotgun?
That little paranoid fear that has all your friends laughing might not be so ridiculous after all.
Lawmakers in California are trying to force Mercedes Benz to use the navigation unit in a suspect’s S430 to convict them of hit-and-run manslaughter.
The MB owner in question allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian, then left without stopping.
Prosecutors are demanding the German automaker tap into their customer’s GPS in order to put them at the scene of the crime- but Mercedes refuses, claiming it would breach customer confidentiality.
All jokes aside, somebody’s dead and somebody else won’t man-up.
But is using a self-purchased GPS to convict someone of a crime an invasion of privacy?
This one might get big…
Source: Engadget
Big Brother can nail you down to three meters with your cell phone, he has cameras everywhere that can track your movements, now he wants to be able to use your GPS not only to see where you are right now but where you have been in the past.
Mercedes Benz refuses to ‘rat’ on customer through GPS
Love your GPS, but just can’t shake the fact that ‘Big Brother’ might be ridin’ shotgun?
That little paranoid fear that has all your friends laughing might not be so ridiculous after all.
Lawmakers in California are trying to force Mercedes Benz to use the navigation unit in a suspect’s S430 to convict them of hit-and-run manslaughter.
The MB owner in question allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian, then left without stopping.
Prosecutors are demanding the German automaker tap into their customer’s GPS in order to put them at the scene of the crime- but Mercedes refuses, claiming it would breach customer confidentiality.
All jokes aside, somebody’s dead and somebody else won’t man-up.
But is using a self-purchased GPS to convict someone of a crime an invasion of privacy?
This one might get big…
Source: Engadget