Who Profits from the Loss of our Privacy?
Who owns the data culled by your car? And — more to the point — who is profiting from it? And why aren’t they cutting us a check, at least? All new cars — and most cars built over the past decade or so — have data recorders and this data is not only stored […]
The V2V Bee Hive
Ayn Rand, for all her quirks, had some solid things to say. One of these was that civilization exists — or declines — in proportion to privacy. The less privacy you’ve got, the more uncivilized the society in which you live. Which is why this business of Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) technology is so extremely uncivilized. It […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: February 26, 2018
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –KY Supremes endorses ALPRs without warrants– –GA Supremes says its okay to cut through gas station to avoid traffic signals– –NY lawsuit seeks Speed Cam Ticket Refund– Friday, February 23, 2018 Kentucky Supreme Court Endorses License Plate Camera Tracking The Kentucky Supreme Court declared last week that police need not […]
Is a Digital Driver’s License in your Future?: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #476
Many states currently allow digital proof of insurance during a traffic stop. Will a digital driver’s license or DDL be too far behind? After several years of testing, the state of Iowa will debut later in 2018 a digital driver’s license in cooperation with “augmented identity” specialists IDEMIA, a company that works with about 80 […]
A Reality Check for Autonomous Vehicles
Building a car that we drive is one thing. Building a car that drives itself is a whole other complex ball of reality. The way the media has been screaming about autonomous vehicles or AVs, you would think that we would be passengers inside them tomorrow. Finally, automakers are fessing up and saying that you […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: February 5, 2018
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –Federal Judge upholds Warrantless License Plate Tracking– –NHTSA says Fed Law requires Ticket Quotas– Friday, February 2, 2018 Federal Judge Upholds Warrantless License Plate Tracking The courts place limits on the ability of police to monitor motorists through GPS devices, but officers can now obtain an even more detailed travel […]
What’s next? Our Car Washes Spying on Us?: NMA E-Newsletter #471
From guest writer Joe Cadillic of the MassPrivatal Blog. Why is the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) allowing a foreign company to use covert automatic license plate readers (ALPR), to spy on American motorists? ESLAG, a company owned by Italian high-tech giant Leonardo, is selling its surveillance services to U.S. law enforcement […]
Detroit Auto Show 2018: Autonomous Connected Vehicles Take over the World?
The NMA Foundation presents The Car of the Future weekly feature. Many motorheads look forward to the yearly spectacle that is the Detroit Auto Show or the official name the North American International Auto Show. This is undoubtedly the most important auto show in the world since Detroit is where it happens for anything car. This year was […]
Are you pretty enough to be stalked?
Last winter a Florida woman became an internet sensation by giving a police officer an oral warning for speeding. In response, the police union posted her phone number so people could harass her. Florida police also retaliated against the state trooper who pulled over a reckless Miami cop. She sued and won a settlement for […]
Drone Regulations
Flying a drone aircraft is something that many individuals are taking part in, though few do the research to discover the rules and regulations of operating such a machine. It is extremely important to be up to date on drone laws, especially those which govern where a drone can be flown and where it must […]