“The traffic lights connect to the mobile phones of road users and follow them to gather information about traffic volume and speed.
But the traffic lights also collect personal information about motorists, enabling them, for example, to follow a complete route including date, time and the speed the car is travelling. And because local councils and the transport ministry’s roads department know where these traffic lights are located, they can also follow specific road users, the AP says.”
Here we go again, another case of government overreach with data 😒
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/04/dutch-privacy-watchdog-urges-action-on-traffic-light-tracking/
https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/zorgen-ap-om-volgverkeerslichten
I wonder if anyone has done any 'projects' aimed at overwhelming these systems with random data. Like, deliberately inserting lots of random MAC addresses or what have you? 🤔
I could charge all the mobile devices in the company testing pool and then drive around, but that's still only about a dozen or so. It would be nice if it could be done on a single device that broadcasts to the WiFi/Bluetooth beacons, or whatever it is they're using 🛜
@sindarina I wonder how far you'd get with some tiny "autonomous" robots (PCBs on wheels basically) that do nothing but randomly wander around things-that-look-like-sidewalks and emit a MAC address
@joepie91 If we're going the small robots route we might as well make them stationary, and then have them emit intermittent signals that mimic a dozen cars whenever the light goes red 😄