Car-Tracking Device Trades Privacy for Dollars
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Ziff Davis - Opinion: A device using GSM/GPS wireless that reports your car's wherabouts&#151;which is in pilot testing for a British insurance company&#151;is the latest example of a technology marvel that brings a serious loss of privacy.
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TripSense electronic monitor tracks driving time and behavior to help insurance company assess risk.
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Researchers expose privacy problems with the iPod Nano and Nike running aid.
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Geotagging could spur a new generation of services.
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The latest antitheft device for automobiles makes it impossible for criminals to see -- and doubles as a disco light show. By Aaron Rowe.
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Car rental companies have responded to complaints about time wasted on the road by offering devices that help customers navigate unfamiliar roads and tollbooths.
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Keep forgetting to pay the congestion charge? A new gadget may be able to help you beat the fines.
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A new RFID-chipped passport card that can be read up to 30 feet away -- and on which the data's not encrypted -- has drawn censure from the Centers for Democracy and Technology, which foresees covert location tracking and an increase in ID theft on the horizon. (If you filed an objection to this program already, by the way, the government says you just don't understand it.)
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In some instances, this privacy software may tell you that you're protected when you aren't.
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Technological changes and   personal privacy have been at odds ever since modern notions of   privacy emerged more than a century ago.
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An idea for a portable device which can see through camouflage is to be developed with government cash.
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That plastic card, the one with the lousy photo that's jammed into your wallet or purse, isn't just a license to drive. It's the green light to buy a drink, the ticket to federal benefits, the must-have document to get aboard airplanes. Now it's also the flash point for an argument about how best to balance America's security needs with worries that personal privacy could be swept away.
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Adding a photosensor to an RFID tag yields a device that could track inventory, guide robots, and augment games.
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Here's something that might appeal to your fretful or data-loving side: a service that alerts you if your car is stolen &#151; or being driven too fast by the teenager who borrowed the keys.
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The real privacy issues are being raised by Google, Yahoo, AOL and others, which are tracking users in order to show them advertising targeted to their interests.
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New national standards for driver's licenses worry some privacy advocates.
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Kiwi 'Keystone Cops' uncloaked A New Zealand man under covert electronic surveillance by police turned the tables on his snoopers by attempting to sell tracking kit he found in his car.â¦