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Date of upload: Feb 14, 2024 ^^
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Could you delve into an investigation concerning California's Fastrak system? There are concerns that it's utilizing taxpayer funds to support the operation of privately managed toll lanes on many of the state's highways. This expansion is happening rapidly and appears to exacerbate traffic congestion for the majority of commuters, rather than alleviating it. Additionally, there's a lack of clarity regarding the allocation of the revenue generated. Furthermore, Fastrak's citation system has reportedly caused problems for numerous residents. Given the already high cost of living in California, the steep toll fees and the opaque financial practices of Fastrak are raising questions about its impact on taxpayers and its benefit to the community.
Beyond these financial and operational concerns, Fastrak has been embroiled in several other controversies:
Privacy Concerns: The use of RFID technology and cameras for toll collection has sparked debates over the potential misuse of personal travel data.
Billing Issues: Users have faced challenges with incorrect charges, disputing charges, and receiving toll violations under questionable circumstances.
Customer Service Complaints: There have been numerous grievances about the difficulty in resolving disputes due to unresponsive or hard-to-reach customer service.
Equity Concerns: The toll lanes, often criticized as "Lexus lanes," are seen as benefiting wealthier drivers, raising questions about social equity.
Environmental Impact: The creation of toll lanes is debated for potentially encouraging more driving and contributing to congestion.
Transparency and Accountability: The transparency of Fastrak's financial dealings and the accountability of the managing agencies have been questioned.
These issues highlight a mix of operational, ethical, and policy-related controversies surrounding Fastrak, contributing to the concerns about its role and impact in California.
Thank you for your time.
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Thank you for the video, Johnny. I really appreciate what you do. Each of your videos gives me a new kind of perspective on the world, its connections, functionality, dependencies, and geopolitics. Many people aren't even aware of things like cyber warfare or the hidden files waiting for their time to disrupt the infrastructure, thus making them more vulnerable to these kinds of attacks. You and your team are doing great work!
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Nitpick:
1. Not all vendors have bug bounties anywbere near what google/apple pays out
2. Sometimes google/apple try not to pay out
3. Black hat pays much better (which was covered in the video), like 100x more in some cases
4. Sometimes white/grey hats get flamed or threatened with lawsuits on disclosure, or get the ring around in the pre disclosure period as the company does nothing
Sorry to only throw mud but security posture and whistleblower peotection are things i'm passionate about improving
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one of your most informative prescient videos, and i love the anology with the nuclear warfare - that it's gearing up to be another 'mutually assured destruction' threat as the superpowers are now showing each other that they too have the capailibites. thank you Johnny, that was a very interesting perspective, and i hope many more people get to watch this videoso they are both informed and reassured (to some extent) about the very near future we're entering
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A side note everyone misses: WannaCry and NotPetya used a vulnerability in Windows that had a fix 1/3 months before the initial deployment respectively. The simple variant of this exploit was founded back in 2009 with Microsoft's employee stating in personal blog that they put a duck tape over a hole in Hoover Dam, the "fix" 8 years later just disabled the vulnerable part completely.
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Very few great infosec folks work for the US government directly. The private sector pays WAAAY more and there's much less regulation. It also gives the public sector plausible deniability.
Btw "APT" (advanced persistent threat) is the term for what you're referring to at the end. They're a pretty big signature of a nation-state.
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