[s-cars] EDRs watching us

[Tom Winter]

On 8/25/06 1:16 PM, jerryscott at wispertel.net wrote:

> Big Brother will be watching you for sure by 2008 -- the year a proposed
> requirement that Event Data Recorders (EDRs) become mandatory standard
> equipment in all new cars and trucks will become law unless public
> outrage puts the kibosh on it somehow.

He may be watching YOU, but I can't afford to buy a new car! ;-)

Regardless, it's another reason to keep our S cars (or any audi quattro
turbo) on the road. As far as I know, my 95 doesn't have this kind of
technology and there are plenty of other "upgrades" I need to deal with
before installing a black box! LOL!

However, I'll be willing to bet that the more common these become, the more
opportunity there will be for hackers to figure out ingenious ways to
override these systems.

Tom