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posted by LaminatorX on Saturday August 15 2015, @04:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the Less-space-than-a-nomad dept.

Apple is building a self-driving car in Silicon Valley, and is scouting for secure locations in the San Francisco Bay area to test it, the Guardian has learned. Documents show the oft-rumoured Apple car project appears to be further along than many suspected.

In May, engineers from Apple’s secretive Special Project group met with officials from GoMentum Station, a 2,100-acre former naval base near San Francisco that is being turned into a high-security testing ground for autonomous vehicles.

In correspondence obtained by the Guardian under a public records act request, Apple engineer Frank Fearon wrote: “We would ... like to get an understanding of timing and availability for the space, and how we would need to coordinate around other parties who would be using [it].”

Automobile manufacturing is a radical departure from Apple's core business. Can they pull it off?


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2015, @09:22PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2015, @09:22PM (#223362)

    They have a choice: Accept all liability and distract passengers, or foist all liability onto the driver, and prevent any distractions.

    Privacy invasions and the mere existence of proprietary software do not cause distractions. Neither does putting patents on everything, even the software. Or are you suggesting all software will be Free Software? If it's not, not only are your software freedoms infringed upon, but it is far more difficult to conclude with any high degree of probability that there are no backdoors and that it does not violate your privacy.

    Furthermore, the government will be more than happy to ignore any of these problems (assuming it would even cause them to be liable as you say) if they could take a look at that data.