U.S. Congress' recently passed infrastructure bill has a lot of privacy implications to unpack, including a new mandate requiring vehicle manufacturers to add passive monitoring systems to identify a drunk driver, Gizmodo reports. While the implementation is at least five years down the road, cars are now adding small steps to help prevent alcohol-related incidents. Questions arose regarding user privacy, particularly in the case of false positives curbing civil liberties and what data regarding the car's driver would be stored.
10 Nov. 2021
Drunk driver monitoring mandate sparks privacy concerns
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