You are correct in your statements about where it could lead but if you aren't breaking a law the technology can still screw up once in a while. A good example of this was in the news this morning where some outfit that buys up old debts that people owe and then collects them by any means they can. Their computers told them that some woman owed a big debt on her house and they started threatening her and she has records on her calling line identification of numerous calls from her local police department threatening her. She owed nothing on anything and hadn't for years. So she sued them and got a $10 million dollar settlement but she can't collect it. Even though the computers have records of the calls from the local police they say they never did contact her at all. And that is very possible as I know I can make calls and have them come in as my neighbor or others that I may want to. So no matter what, technology is not infallible. However, I am afraid it is to late to stop the Govt. from taking over and knowing about everything we do and when and where.
Ron
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Originally Posted by 1ntCobra
Let's think about where technology could take this.
First you get a black box that can be read after you are pulled over by a police officer.
The next logical step is to have the black box wireless broadcast information about your car, speed, etc. as you are driving that can be picked up by police officers along the side of the road.
The step after that is a smart highway that checks up on you and sends you a traffic violation to you via text message, email and instantly deducts the fine from your bank account without the need for human intervention. |