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When you purchase a car, you own everything inside it. If it has a black box in it, then you own that too. Hence using data from the black box against the owner's will to prosecute a crime against the owner would be the same as compelling the owner to testify against himself.Originally posted by: mugsywwiii
a. You can't very easily put people's lives in jeopardy with your computer.
b. The black box in your car is recording events that take place in the open on public property. What expectation of privacy can you have in that situation?
I think California is taking the right move here by forcing manufacturers to disclose the existence of these boxes. I predict some car models are going to become unpopular in California this summer.