Mandatory ‘Big Brother’ Black Boxes In All New Cars From 2015

[libertyforall1776]

Here we go again...

Mandatory ‘Big Brother’ Black Boxes In All New Cars From 2015 Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

http://www.pcworld.com/article/254152/senate_passes_bill_requiring_black_boxes_in_all_new_cars.html

[The SS]

Not to sound ungrateful but do you ever have good news?

[libertyforall1776]

It is not my news, but yea I sure wish there wasn't all this, but people need to be aware...

I guess the good news is when everyone wakes up and says enough is enough and we have more good news than not. Turns out, GM is the INSTIGATOR:

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f12/gm-backs-black-boxes-bill-90199/

Ok so good news -- replaced front pads & rotors on my RS this week and had a heavily seized caliper pin -- got it out replaced the pins and bored the sleeve and saved the money I may have had to spend on a replaced caliper. That's my good news for the week.

Not to sound ungrateful but do you ever have good news?

[Toasty]

Many, many automobile companies already have EDR's (Event Data Recorders) including GM vehicles... I am not sure what year they started, but safe to say it has been for many years. ....Included in this is your very own 2001 and 2002 Camaro... it's referenced as a crash and diagnostic module. Check your manual, page 1-25, first paragraph. Grab your tin foil hat, man!

[libertyforall1776]

^ Yes but adding an always on data connection (OnStar cellular) add a WHOLE OTHER ANGLE to the concerns! Plus they have never been mandated, ever.

Here's some history on it:

Car black box privacy threat ? The Register

and

http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/lawreview/issues/2006-1/mueller.pdf

and

http://www.triodyne.com/SAFETY~1/SB_V16N5.PDF

“Event data recorder” is the generally adopted term and will be used in this Comment. Other terms used by the industry include: “Diagnostic and Energy Reserve Modules,” or “DERMs” (EDRs manufactured from 1990-1993 by General Motors); “Sensing and Diagnostic Modules,” or “SDMs” (EDRs manufactured from 1994-1999 by General Motors); and “Crash Data Recorders,” or “CDRs.” See John M. Goebelbecker, Crash Data Retrieval Kit Recovers Reconstruction Data from GM Black Boxes, TRIODYNE SAFETY BRIEF, Aug. 2000, at 1, 1-2,