NYPD asks Google to scrap Waze's DUI checkpoints
The NYPD has sent Google a cease-and-desist letter, asking it to axe a Waze feature that allows users to mark cops' locations on the navigation app. Based on the letter first seen by Streetsblog NYC and CBS New York, authorities believe the feature is making it harder to enforce the law and keep the roads safe. The NYPD sent the cease-and-desist just a couple of weeks after Waze debuted speed camera notifications, but the cops' letter mostly focused on the fact that the ability allows users to give each other a heads-up about sobriety checkpoints.
[...] [Based] on the statement it provided to NYT, [Google] doesn't have any intention to give in to the NYPD's demand. It told the publication that safety is a top priority for the company and that "informing drivers about upcoming speed traps allows them to be more careful and make safer decisions when they're on the road."
Also at Gizmodo.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2019, @03:45PM (2 children)
Meanwhile, Mr Activist spent a night in jail, had his car towed, missed work, and paid his lawyer x k$ to make the problem he caused for himself to go away.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday February 08 2019, @04:24PM
AC above is one of the sheeple. There is no price too steep for asserting your rights. Ask the people who rebelled against England, to establish the US of A.
(Score: 2) by Oakenshield on Friday February 08 2019, @04:29PM
In other words, you owe him a debt of gratitude for his own self-sacrifice to prevent bullies under color of law from violating the rights of his fellow citizens. You post infers that he must have considerably more intestinal fortitude and honor than you.