Combining radio and visual tracking of road vehicles
By Edward Hasbrouck In the latest escalation of surveillance of travelers, data from automated license plate readers (APLRs) is being merged with data from devices…
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EPA Phase Out of Gas-Powered Cars Has Ominous Historic Echoes
By Jon Miltimore The Biden administration last week rolled out new emissions regulations that the New York Times said will “transform the American automobile market.”…
Decoding the California DMV’s Mobile Driver’s License
By Alexis Hancock The State of California is currently rolling out a “mobile driver’s license” (mDL), a form of digital identification that raises significant privacy…
How to Figure Out What Your Car Knows About You (and Opt Out of Sharing When You Can)
By Thorin Klosowski Cars collect a lot of our personal data, and car companies disclose a lot of that data to third parties. It’s often…
Automakers Are Feeding Your Trip Data To Insurance Companies
If data exists anywhere, Technocrats will lay claim to it. It is their right, not yours. It is their lifeblood, their existence, their reason for…
Toyota Tells 50,000 US Owners To Stop Driving, Seek Immediate Repair
By Tyler Durden Toyota Motor Corp on Monday warned 50,000 owners of older American vehicles to stop driving them immediately and seek repairs for a…
Auto Insurance Rates Soar At Fastest Pace Since 1970s Inflation Spike
By Tyler Durden Have you noticed a surge in your auto insurance premiums in the past few years? Well, this could be why: Rivian Owner…
Mobile Driver’s Licenses are Almost Mainstream in the US
By Jim Nash Another couple U.S. states are considering the benefits of digital identification. New Mexico legislators, with the encouragement of the state’s motor vehicle…
Your Vehicle Is Spying On You, And Now They’re Going To Start Installing ChatGPT In New VW Models
Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, Be careful what you say while you are driving your vehicle, because you…
The New Blue Screen Of Death? “Your Vehicle Cannot Be Driven”
By Tyler Durden The more things change, the more they stay the same. Gone are the days of Windows 95; heading into the year 2024,…
Car Ownership Costs In America Are Skyrocketing
By Tyler Durden Thinking of buying a vehicle soon? Rising car ownership costs might cause you to think again. Owning a truck or car has become far…
EU Council Proposes Launch of Mobile Driver’s Licenses for Digital Wallets
By Chris Burt The Council of the European Union has introduced changes to a proposed package of legislation to establish a legal basis for issuing…
U.S. Senator: What Do Our Cars Know? And Who Do They Share that Information With?
By Matthew Guariglia U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts has sent a much-needed letter to car manufacturers asking them to clarify a surprisingly hard question…
Fact-Checkers Are Gaslighting You on the Feds’ Vehicle “Kill Switch” Mandate
By Jon Miltimore In November 2021, former US Representative from Georgia Bob Barr wrote a little-noticed political column claiming that buried inside President Joe Biden’s…