Ford Motors spies on you without a search warrant on behalf of Big Brother. |
“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.”
Global Vice President
Ford Motors
(Computer World) - When you are car shopping, how many times has a salesman pitched the 15 to 30 specific data elements constantly being collected by the car's black box as you drive? Probably never, but there's electronic data everywhere and that includes your car collecting digital evidence which might turn into the star witness to testify against you.
You may not think about or be aware of your vehicle's event data recorder (EDR), yet it is constantly recording evidence like a plane's "black box" and is being used after a crash to explain why it happened.
Way back in 2006, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) mandated that all new vehicles be equipped with EDR "black boxes" by the 2013 model year. 85% of U.S. vehicles now have EDR devices that "must capture and preserve at least 15 types of crash data, including pre-crash speed, engine throttle, changes in forward velocity and airbag deployment times." Some capture 30 types of data.
What cars are equipped to narc on you? According to Crash Forensics, "As of 2011, GM vehicles as old as 1994 have accessible data, Ford vehicles as old as 2001 have accessible data, Chrysler vehicles as old as 2005 have accessible data, Toyota and Lexis vehicles as old as 2006 have accessible data, as well as some Isuzu, Fiat, Mitsubishi, Scion, Sterling, and Suzuki vehicles." You can also check this list [PDF] or this list [PDF] for vehicles with accessible EDRs.
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