1) My car can read speed signs already. I'm pretty sure it's actually doing it, as it's triggered by physically passing them - and they are sometimes not in sync with what the GPS thinks is the limit. If you're going to cover the car in cameras, you don't need ground control telling you what is in front of you.
2) How would reporting icy road conditions *not* leak geolocation info about your car. You can bet it won't be able to phone it in without the correct car authorisation/identification number.
For these to be useful, they need to be able to drive when the modem breaks/I wrap it in tinfoil/squirrels get in. Yes it needs over the air updates, but those should not be done while it's in motion - and I should be able to choose when (within reason) and where it talks to the mothership. Unless it's been in an accident - piss off and let me get on with my secret midnight snack runs.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
