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1996-08-18 - Re: forget photographing license plates!

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From: “Douglas R. Floyd” <dfloyd@io.com>
To: adamsc@io-online.com
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Message ID: <199608180819.DAA00270@xanadu.io.com>
Reply To: <19960818051206140.AAC174@IO-ONLINE.COM>
UTC Datetime: 1996-08-18 11:33:01 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 19:33:01 +0800

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From: "Douglas R. Floyd" <dfloyd@io.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 19:33:01 +0800
To: adamsc@io-online.com
Subject: Re: forget photographing license plates!
In-Reply-To: <19960818051206140.AAC174@IO-ONLINE.COM>
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> 
> I'm just waiting for them to integrate with TRW. Then, with people
> they've determined can afford a new one, they can trigger the car to have
> mysterious engine failures...

Or the minute one falls behind on their bill, the engine doesn't start.

This is legal, IIRC (I am not sure of the exact court case, but one
company had a software vendor disable their sales software by remote for
not paying their bill, and the court upheld the software vendor.  I don't
remember the specifics on this.)

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