Not to get all "chicken-little" on anyone, but I don't believe for a minute that QinetiQ's motives were entirely pure when they developed this thing. Expect to see this sort of technology become state-mandated standard equipment on new cars in a few years.
It'll be much easier for the plod to collect speeding tickets, road taxes, emissions fees, etc. when they can track you from the comfort of their operations centers.
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Not to get all "chicken-little" on anyone, but I don't believe for a minute that QinetiQ's motives were entirely pure when they developed this thing. Expect to see this sort of technology become state-mandated standard equipment on new cars in a few years.
It'll be much easier for the plod to collect speeding tickets, road taxes, emissions fees, etc. when they can track you from the comfort of their operations centers.