Woodsman Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 (edited) And you thought they were for your navigation needs. What you may not have known is TomTom also tracks your information and in turn sells it to the world wide governments & police. Although it can help in determining infrastructure needs it is also being used to determine where to set-up speed traps & police photo cameras. You buy the unit to assist you in your personal navigation needs & they track your usage & sell the info. http://www.wheels.ca/article/795417 Edited May 5, 2011 by Woodsman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Makes me wonder if they are all doing it ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Quite often I wonder how people managed to get from A to B, no TomTom, no cell phone for help, must have been worse than the Irish potato famine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 (edited) must have been worse than the Irish potato famine. Hey... my great great great grandfather had no trouble finding the gulf of St. Lawrence. Unfortunately he drowned poling a barge across Rice Lake, before ever seeing his settlement plot. Lucky the oldest boy was 16.. Edited May 6, 2011 by irishfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Hey... my great great great grandfather had no trouble finding the gulf of St. Lawrence. Unfortunately he drowned poling a barge across Rice Lake, before ever seeing his settlement plot. Lucky the oldest boy was 16.. That's sad, makes it across the big pond to get swept up by a little puddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Maybe they hit the train tracks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Ya that's quite possible. I remember, oh, I might have been around 6 or 7, we would visit Dads friend on the north side of the lake. Freddys fear was hitting the old pilings, some would float free every year after ice out. There's quite a few people that don't believe that there was a railroad track right across Rice Lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Don't imagine they were there in 1825 ! lol Sorry Woodsman for the highjack... that's the deal with a lot of new technology. Statistics of usage can make them some hefty $'s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbosh1980 Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 and if you aren't speeding what's the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Who the heck owns a tom tom?? Nobody that I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Who the heck owns a tom tom?? Nobody that I know. The 75% who don't know how to read a road map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nipfisher Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Who the heck owns a tom tom?? Nobody that I know. My wife does. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranks bait Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 I've got a Tom Tom and am not worried about this one bit. I've never linked it to me or my house. It gets used more by people borrowing it. Yes it may track information, but I can't see how they can confirm that it was actually you doing the deed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplumma Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Tom Tom is the greatest. I am a service repair plumber and use the tom tom all day long. We also have tom tom for our guests who visit they can drive were ever they want and when they are good and lost they push the home button and it gives them the route home. The tom tom also makes it so you can read the street signs before you get so close to the turn. Darn old age Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbuck Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 It's the new reality that we live in. Big brother is watching. We have started up the slippery slope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranks bait Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Let's mess with them and put a couple hundred of them in a Nascar!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Why not just hook up a ticket machine to every car that automatically gives you tickets for every infraction you make. Why bother with police and police cars. That is so old school. Imagine the revenue generation. Every missed signal, speed, cell phone use, cutting people off, running a red, rolled through stop sign.... Just like Demolition Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 In Demolition Man Stallone use those tickets to wipe his . Then he set the place straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 I have a Tom Tom, love it and could care less if peole know where I drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 No Tom Tom in my car but I do have a Garmin. I really don't think it's all that big of a deal as long as they don't sell personal info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallyboss Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Next thing we'll see is speed traps on dirt roads heading into secret trout lakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 No Tom Tom in my car but I do have a Garmin. I really don't think it's all that big of a deal as long as they don't sell personal info. Wouldn't where you go, when you go places, the route you took and how fast your were going be considered personal information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 I'll be sure to turn off my GPS before flying into my favourite back lake this season ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Wouldn't where you go, when you go places, the route you took and how fast your were going be considered personal information? Not if it's not connected to me (ie anonymous info). Who cares if they know someone drove down Yonge St. on Saturday afternoon a exactly 2:43 pm. As long as they don't say that Drifter_016 drove down Yonge St. on Saturday afternoon at 2:43 pm at 110 kmh and here's the proof and his address and phone number. If they only take the data as a whole ie. (on this date this many people drove down Yonge St. during this time). This kind of info can be used to create traffic flow reports which in turn can be used to help manage traffic. I don't think they should be selling speed info but artery traffic should be of no consequence to anybody. It's no different than putting those rubber hose traffic counters on the roads to monitor traffic densities and flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Well I guess if there were only two roads where I lived I would share the same opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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