Tag: PRIVACY

Big Data in Connected Smart Cars: Myths & Reality

Today’s smart cars collect a wide variety of data, from the road’s width, information about potential hazards, a history of user behavior, and so much more. Connected cars are just a small piece of the IoT, which is helping to make our world more interconnected than ever before. Whether you are feeding information to your […]

Is Amazon the World’s Largest Private Surveillance Company?

By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director and Joe Cadillic, MassPrivatel Blog In late September, many news articles came out about Amazon’s new surveillance direction. Joe even wrote a post on the MassPrivatel blog entitled: Amazon Drone Deliveries: The Greatest Threat to Privacy Americans Have Ever Seen. Credit: William Warby Shelia: Joe, can you explain what […]

Motorists Vote 2020 Ballot Initiatives: NMA E-Newsletter #612

The November 3rd election day is a month away, and mail-in voting has already begun in many states. If you have not cast your ballot yet, be sure to consider motorists’ rights issues in your decisions on which candidates and issues to support. Check out the NMA’s Motorists Vote 2020 Guide (a slideshow with a […]

Police Drones Take Off—What is the Impact for Motorists?

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #485. If you would like to receive the NMA E-Newsletter on a weekly basis, join the National Motorists Association today! Traffic stops are often one of the most dangerous situations for law enforcement (not to mention for motorists as many recent events have proven). The unknown […]

Another Brick in the Wall: A National License Plate Tracking (ALPR) Network Announced

By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director and Joe Cadillic, MassPrivatel Blog Private company Flock Safety recently announced that it had created a national license plate tracking network. Bad enough that local police and private companies use automated license plate readers to watch where all of us are coming and going. Now the data will be […]

A Bait and Switch on the Use of Smart Streetlights in San Diego

Street furniture, such as the lowly streetlight, has recently seen an upgrade to a higher status. No longer just an illumination device, streetlights have now been drafted to gather street data and even police surveillance. Since 2018, San Diego police have used streetlight footage nearly 400 times to help in criminal investigations such as sexual […]

Top Security Risks That Threaten Autonomous and Connected Vehicles

With the advent of technology, the number of inventions in the autonomous and connected vehicle industry will increase exponentially to such an extent that manual vehicles might fade out completely. Undoubtedly, connected vehicles have some advantages such as Wi-Fi connection, live music streaming, remotely controlled car operations, and much more. With so many advantages for […]

Record Every Movement and then Sell the Data—What?

By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director and Joe Cadillic, MassPrivatel Blog Did you know that more than 325 million vehicles surveil drivers every day? One hundred million data transactions surge to the cloud every month. Automakers have used technology such as microphones, virtual assistants, and gaze-monitoring cameras to check out what you are doing and […]