And naturally of course you don't carry a cellphone with you while you drive...you know, that device with accelerometers, GPS and an LTE chip that you leave powered on all the time on your person?
You are also free not to use a mode of transportation. You can, for example, buy an old car, register it on a historical number plate, and you’re good. There is no retrofit requirement. If you want a new car, suck it up.
I'm always amused at people who deem future and freedom of choice incompatible and effectively stating that the end game of all progress is absolute slavery and obedience.
Other than having some vested interest in denying people's right to choose between positive and negative aspects of progress, or having a Stockholm syndrome towards those who have such interest, I got no plausible explanations to this psychological phenomenon
Ah yes, brilliant reasoning. "You carry one device that can be tracked as long as you're carrying it so what's the problem with having tracking baked into your vehicle?"
I can actually remove my number plate. One tool, five minutes, car still drives.
And of course it's a tracker. It reports my location to a third party. There is no other definition for it. That it purportedly only does this during an "emergency" is not something I can verify nor trust.
I’m certain you aren’t that important for anyone to care.
Yes: it reports your location to a third party. When you have an accident. So you can get help.
And of course it can be verified. At the end of the day it’s a sim card in a passive mode. Maybe you don’t know how to verify it. There are millions of them driving around. I’m sure someone more qualified than you would have already reported if they were tracking in real-time. The system is nearly a decade old.
> I’m certain you aren’t that important for anyone to care.
Storage is cheap. We know the NSA hoovers up everything it can and puts in a database. This is facile reasoning.
> So you can get help.
How many accidents resulted in fatalities because 911 couldn't find the victim? What's the percentage on that you think? Is there _no other way_ to get help other than this system?
> I’m sure someone more qualified than you would have already reported if
You're just full of confidence. Pray tell where it comes from. What makes you believe this is true?
> You're just full of confidence. Pray tell where it comes from. What makes you believe this is true?
I trust in people who look for this stuff as a daily job, or because „they’re here to get you”. Because you know a sim card in the open is really easy to verify. And there are thousands of them driving around but also easily approachable sitting targets in every possible setting.
But you double down. I find this discussion pointless.
> How many accidents resulted in fatalities because 911 couldn't find the victim?
You’re missing the point of the eCall system. Think out of the box. What if there is no witness? What if everyone in the car cannot get help
Everyone who could reach out for help, received it. Can you tell the same about those who weren’t able to contact first responders in time? Maybe they’re still missing! It’s called survivorship bias.