All well and good when fighting crime maybe, but there aren’t restrictions on selling that data to other entities. Where your cars go, when, and how fast, although newer cars report all that back anyway (see the Toyota breach recently).
There are 25 of them in a pilot program, they would need budget approval from comissioners when the pilot ends. The sheriff said the cams “capture rear license plates and not faces or profiles” and they already have different “data collectors mounted on telephone poles to track speeds and car counts, but they do not collect images.” Also “Flock camera data is stored for 30 days”.
Hopefully it isn’t approved for the budget.
Interesting. I notice that answer doesn’t address whether they’re selling each person’s full name and driving speed to insurance companies.
It isn’t a question of if, but when. I have little doubt smart vehicles and EVs will be doing that in the near future.
Sounds about right for Williamson county 😄
Fuck Williamson County. Can someone explain how/why they built that overpass at the intersection of Williams Drive and Ronald Reagan? I am guessing some bigwig decided he was tired of stopping at a 4 way stop. Now there are two stop signs on Williams. Those shouldn’t even be there now. The people coming off of RR should be responsible for merging.
see the Toyota breach recently
I’d recommend disabling any kind of cell service or WiFi that your car has. I’ve done this on several vehicles now.
Got any good how-tos for this? My old beater barely has a computer, but who knows what the future holds.
Gonna depend entirely on your vehicle. Usually there is a telematics module you can just unplug. The newer the vehicle is, the harder this will be because it may break other things. If it has a SIM card you can find it and remove it.
