February 22, 2010 9:25AM 

# Open Source and Auto Safety 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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[Tim Lee](http://twitter.com/binarybits/status/9478762990) points to “[The Toyota Recall and the Case for Open, Auditable Source Code](http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2010/feb/19/toyota-recall-and-case-open-auditable-source-code/).”

Knowing how the technology in our cars work is not just a safety issue, but [a privacy issue—and maybe even a tax issue](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=2909).

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[Technology and Privacy](https://www.cato.org/technology-privacy) 

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