I would agree there is a level of politics involved in all of this. If we leave it out, we can also point to the BIG BUSINESS that lobbies the political. Those in BIG BUSINESS have agendas. They are keen with their Think Tanks to make more money off the consumer one way or the other. All of the basic and free stuff still comes at a price in electronics. The big one is SELLING your data of usage or your GPS tracking everywhere you go. The buying and selling of this information is a huge business. For those who like privacy, it will become a major pain keeping BIG BUSINESS out. Their Think Tanks now are not a group of smart people in a stuffy office room anymore. It's very sophisticated using AI analysis and computers. When trends are noticed, a human is notified.
Anyone have toll readers/transponders in their vehicles? Those are used more so on ALL ROADS for tracking vs the toll ways. This information is sold and shared extensively. Even to law enforcement and agencies. Your past behavior is monitored and recorded for LIFE. When an abrupt change happens, your profile is RED FLAGGED with this action. These are rated in a points system. Too many gets agencies to monitor you habits even closer.
You can also get RED FLAGGED doing normal activity being noticeably near a hot event in progress, even without you noticing. Your location being very near an event, not recognized by you can still place a long watch on your profile. The digital forensics places you at the scenes of those events. You are then GUILTY by association of location in the system.
With the advent of soon having new vehicles with KILL SWITCHES, those having association of location can be literally STUCK in a hostile environment. Imagine traveling on a vacation with the family someplace and a riot breaks out. You are headed very near the hot spot and see odd things taking place in the streets and windows of stores are being smashed out. You decide to turn around and leave. BUT, due to the KILL SWITCH policy, you and your family will be placed in harms way and not able to even leave !!!! So, people are willing to PAY for convenience and sacrifice SAFETY of your life and others.
The wise saying of, When they declare peace and safety, watch out as sudden unexpected destruction can come your way. So peace of mind of these in vehicle devices can in fact leave people totally unsafe.