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Old 09-01-2015, 02:08 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TheEnemy View Post
Having an autonomous car running around which has to know where it is and where it is going...
So why does that equate to "tracking"? First, you don't absolutely need GPS to implement a self-driving car, any more than (intelligent) humans need GPS to drive. You can always go IFR (I Follow Roads :-), with a built-in map.

Second, even if you have GPS in your car (or on your phone, tablet, or whatever), the GPS itself is read-only. Only if your device is somehow programmed to transmit the position computed from the GPS signals could some other entity use it for tracking.
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