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To: wester6935@comcast.net
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From: "Jon E. Wennerberg" <jon@infodestruction.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 11:56:37 -0400
On Tuesday, August 3, 2004, at 10:34 AM, wester6935@comcast.net wrote:

> Received this this morning from a group called Accountability Utah.   
> They are a watchdog organization that monitors bills proposed for the  
> legislature and political happenings in the state.  This little clip  
> makes me shudder;
>
> Legislators Consider Mandatory Tracking Chip for Your Car
> Salivating legislators are considering an Oregon scheme to mandate  
> satellite tracking chips in all automobiles.  These chips would  
> monitor where your cars are, when you drive them, how much you drive  
> them, and allow officials to tax you on those miles -- providing an  
> innovative new way to steal and spend your money. Give officials a  
> piece of your mind now (or your privacy later) at  
> http://www.accountabilityutah.org/IssuesAlerts/LegAlerts/2004/ 
> Tax080304.htm
>
> Rental car companies would love to have this capabillity I'm sure.   
> The threat of being able to track you would also be a boon for  
> insurance companies.  They would actually know more about you and your  
> driving than you would.  It could be fun to see someones face who was  
> reading tracking at an insurance company after a doorslammer goes 300  
> on the salt.
>
> Wes
>

Didn't I just read that about a quarter of all rental cars are already  
equipped with devices like this?

                 Jon Wennerberg
Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
              Marquette, Michigan
              (that's 'way up north)






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