Most commercial airplanes have an indestructible flight recorder, also called a "black box" — even though the casing is actually bright orange. Actually, there are two of them: One records information from the flight computers, and the second box records cockpit audio and other sounds inside the plane. In the event of a crash, investigators can recover the black boxes and find out exactly what happened.
Cars can have black boxes, too. In fact, it's a good bet your current car has one already, and if it doesn't your next new car certainly will. That's why you should know exactly what that black box is recording, who can get that information and how you can stay in control of it.
Black boxes in cars aren't a new idea. The practice started in 1994 with cars from Cadillac, Buick, Chevrolet and Pontiac. The black boxes were meant to help manufacturers learn how their cars performed in crashes
That's the technical side of downloading black box data, but there's a legal side as well. As of this writing, 15 states — Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington — have passed regulations regarding who can pull the information with and without the car owner's permission.
Still, anyone with a court order, or just the right tool and a little time, can get at your black box information. There's no way you can delete the data or disable the black box.
Fortunately, there is a simpler option. Products like Pripaso car dvr put a lock on the diagnostic port so no one can plug anything into it without your permission. That keeps people from resetting information, extracting data or falsifying records that could be used against you.
Whether a court order would require you to hand over the keys to the lock is another story. I'll leave that one for the lawyers to decide. However, you can at least make sure that nothing short of a court order lets someone get your data.
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Cars can have black boxes, too. In fact, it's a good bet your current car has one already, and if it doesn't your next new car certainly will. That's why you should know exactly what that black box is recording, who can get that information and how you can stay in control of it.
Black boxes in cars aren't a new idea. The practice started in 1994 with cars from Cadillac, Buick, Chevrolet and Pontiac. The black boxes were meant to help manufacturers learn how their cars performed in crashes
That's the technical side of downloading black box data, but there's a legal side as well. As of this writing, 15 states — Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington — have passed regulations regarding who can pull the information with and without the car owner's permission.
Still, anyone with a court order, or just the right tool and a little time, can get at your black box information. There's no way you can delete the data or disable the black box.
Fortunately, there is a simpler option. Products like Pripaso car dvr put a lock on the diagnostic port so no one can plug anything into it without your permission. That keeps people from resetting information, extracting data or falsifying records that could be used against you.
Whether a court order would require you to hand over the keys to the lock is another story. I'll leave that one for the lawyers to decide. However, you can at least make sure that nothing short of a court order lets someone get your data.
On the Pripaso Car Dvr takes calls and dispenses advice on today's digital lifestyle, from smartphones and tablets to online privacy and data hacks.
more information about pripaso car dvr
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