Is safety worth the loss of privacy? - Michael Vazquez and Sarah Stroud
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Your government has introduced a plan to address record-breaking rates of traffic tickets and deadly hovercar accidents. They propose assigning “driver credit scores” to every citizen, but would need to install cameras and microphones in every vehicle. While it would make the roads safer, is this undeniable benefit worth the cost to drivers’ privacy? Michael Vazquez and Sarah Stroud investigate.
Would you approach this case differently if you were in the position of a lawmaker rather than a private citizen? Why or why not?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Michael Vazquez, Sarah Stroud, Jet Propulsion
- Director Jeff Le Bars
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Music Stephen LaRosa
- Sound Designer Stephen LaRosa
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Produced by Sazia Afrin
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
- Fact-Checker Charles Wallace
