r/conspiracy: The U.S. now requires that most new vehicles have back up camera's by 2018. Given that most cars will probably also be connected to the internet by 2018, has anyone thought about the implications of this?

The U.S. now requires that most new vehicles have back up camera's by 2018. Given that most cars will probably also be connected to the internet by 2018, has anyone thought about the implications of this?

34 2014-04-06 by [deleted]

I'm sure you've heard about the law where most cars must have the camera's. If not, here it is. Here is a story about how a quarter of the cars on the road in America will have internet by next year. So it's probably a pretty safe bet that almost all cars being built past 2018 will have an internet connection. License plate scanners will be the least of our worries when this time comes.

11 comments

7 Crash_says 2014-04-06

Basically a camera in every parking lot and street hooked up to PRISM, interesting possibilities. They already have OnStar.

6 [deleted] 2014-04-06

dont forget cash for "clunkers." get those old used cars off the road and get yourself a new car! consume!

6 [deleted] 2014-04-06

the all seeing eye is only all seeing as long as it's everywhere.

funny how hard those that are doing this keep trying to play at the role of omnipresence.

4 shmegegy 2014-04-06

except in police cars.. of course if you ask for dashcam footage from say.. a chase where guys are said to be shooting and throwing bombs at you. well that would be a salient tape to view.. wouldn't it?

3 retrobuddha 2014-04-06

I just want a simple car that gets 100 miles to the gallon.

3 Random_replier 2014-04-06

Only if you accept to have it connected to an automated driving network.

7 SaxonWitch 2014-04-06

First they give you the friendly option to be connected, later it becomes a criminal offense not to join. It's always the same with everything. Always think ahead.

2 herewegoaga1n 2014-04-06

With all this technology and the fact that the people who wanted to show you how to hijack a car solely from a tablet died in a car wreck leads me to believe that this isn't meant to help us. Rather it's just another method of control by some fucking moron in government who thinks he's a puppet-master pulling strings.

2 subdep 2014-04-06

You can always put a piece of tape over the camera lens, just like a web cam.

I have one and there are several issues with them:

1) since it's a video camera, if you are backing up towards the sun, there is so much lens flare you can't really see anything.

2) if there are dark shadows and bright surfaces, the video contrast ratio makes it impossible to see anything in the shadows, again, not good.

3) if you have been driving in rain or snow, then water or ice ends up severely distorting if not outright obscuring the lens, making it useless.

Keep in mind though, if you put a sticker over the lens and are involved in a backup collision, you could get sued. So make sure it's easy to remove the sticker quickly!

1 remove_bagel 2014-04-06

Solution: buy a cheap car made before 2000, use it til it dies, and repeat

0 WhoDat4ever 2014-04-06

Sorry to disappoint, but if you have in dash GPS or real time traffic or satellite radio...you're already completely track-able by anyone with a smartphone and the government can track you speed, direction, music choice, and driving habits.

Furthermore, if your vehicle was built after 2007 it has an installed black box that can be downloaded by anyone with the connector. (Think of the Progressive plugin you see on TV. That thing just reports back to Progressive so they can figure your liability.)

Also, any car built after 2011 has the ability to sync with any vehicle equipped with the internet (Think Dodge Ram or your bluetooth enabled smart phone) when you drive past them on the highway to update your data. Unless you have satellite radio and then it does it automatically while you drive.