This might actually happen someday. Imagine: self-driving cars are the norm, car ownership is a thing of the past, you just hail an automatic cab and pay per ride.
In such a scheme the car company will probably know who you are, and the government could supply a blocklist of convicted criminals to prevent them from using their services.
I mean, they can walk or take public transportation. I suspect that public transportation would run taxi companies out of business anyway if you have to pay for every ride.
This might actually happen someday. Imagine: self-driving cars are the norm, car ownership is a thing of the past, you just hail an automatic cab and pay per ride.
In such a scheme the car company will probably know who you are, and the government could supply a blocklist of convicted criminals to prevent them from using their services.
What kind of an idiot is going to rob a bank and hail a taxi cab for the getaway?
I think the point was that they wouldn’t be able to go for non-robbing purposes, like opening an account for their daughter or whatever.
I mean, they can walk or take public transportation. I suspect that public transportation would run taxi companies out of business anyway if you have to pay for every ride.
That is utter stupidity.
What that proposes is to hold someone, anyone, guilty by default, with no proof.
That is what France wants for the Internet.