Pretty soon, our skies everywhere could very well be filled with drones from all the major delivery and online companies: USPS, UPS, FedEx, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, and Walmart. Package air delivery may happen so quickly we will not know what hit us. Many of us may even like the convenience of getting medicine delivered in […]
156 Blog Posts From the PRIVACY Tag
Are Delivery Drones One of the Greatest Threats to Privacy Americans have Ever Seen?
• September 16, 2020 • 0 Comments • DRONES, Facial Recognition, license plate readers, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Technology
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
• August 18, 2020 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Facial Recognition, LICENSE PLATES, PEDESTRIAN, PRIVACY, SAFETY, street furniture, Street Lights, Technology
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
• August 9, 2020 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, connected cars, DRIVERLESS CARS, GPS, IMU, LIDAR, OBD, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Technology, V2I, V2V, V2X
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?
August 3, 2020 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, DRIVERLESS CARS, Facial Recognition, FOIA, Insurance Companies, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Technology, Traffic Tickets
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 […]
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