damn my imbedded wheel speed sensor and temperature
"data logging" technology has been leaked
bennevl wrote:
>Here is a short clip of a news article I was reading. Think about it if you
>ran this brand of tire you could back charge them for the time you spent
>gathering research data for them. Amounting to free tires??? Ok its been a
>slow day for me. Still thinking about the piston slapping issue.
>
>Bill
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>"Tires, too, can tell on drivers. This year, Michelin began implanting
>match-head-sized chips in tires that can be read remotely. The company
>started using the
>
>chips to provide manufacturing information that could help spot failure
>trends and to comply with a federal law requiring close tracking of tires
>for recalls. But
>
>privacy activists fear that the chips, which can be loaded with a car's
>vehicle identification number, would allow yet another form of automated
>vehicle tracking.
>
>"You basically have Web browser 'cookies' in your tires," said Richard M.
>Smith, an independent privacy researcher"
>
>Here is the article in full
>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/29/technology/29car.html?ex=1073970000&en=4657d02ea2bad245&ei=5004&partner=UNTD
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