Driving to dystopia

[ciphergoth]

How would you like to receive *this* call while driving to an emergency?

"This is an automatic phone call. Has your car been stolen? The pattern of driving does not match your normal pattern. Please press 1 for police response based on the GPS coordinates we have received.

At least it doesn't ask for a PIN.

This idea is a footnote to the chapter on biometrics in Ross Anderson's "Security Engineering".

Comments

Sadly ...

[bootpunk.livejournal.com]

... save this LJ entry. In 10 yrs time, you will be able to look back on it and think about the times when our movements weren't tracked routinely by consumer devices, let alone the state.

"Can I opt out?" "Well sure, I guess, maybe, but why would you want to?"