Fine the car, not the driver?

Perhaps, not as stupid as it sounds...

- Jim


On 16 January 2014 09:43, Bernard Robertson-Dunn <b...@iimetro.com.au> wrote:

> On 16/01/2014 2:19 AM, step...@melbpc.org.au wrote:
>
> > Because of the GPS units installed in Ford vehicles, Ford knows when its
> > drivers are speeding, and where they are, while they’re doing it.
> >
> > Farley was trying to describe how much data Ford has on its customers,
> and
> > illustrate the fact that the company uses very little of it in order to
> > avoid raising privacy concerns: "We know everyone who breaks the law, we
> > know when you’re doing it. We have GPS in your car, so we know what
> you’re
> > doing. By the way, we don’t supply that data to anyone," he told
> attendees.
>
> To be pedantic (and correct), Ford knows what the car is doing, they
> don't know who is driving. It's the same with phone tracking. If there
> are two people in the car - who is driving and who is on the phone? Even
> it both phones are being used that does not prove (it only suggests)
> both people are on the phone.
>
> --
>
> Regards
> brd
>
> Bernard Robertson-Dunn
> Sydney Australia
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