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I realize that this is still supposedly a “help us improve”/“data gathering” step, but I’m having trouble deciding how I feel about it. Yes, of course, safer d
by chrismeller 6y ago
I realize that this is still supposedly a “help us improve”/“data gathering” step, but I’m having trouble deciding how I feel about it.
Yes, of course, safer drivers (whether automatic or fleshy) is a great thing, but this still hits that deep-seeded paranoia level for me.
I mean, what if FaceID had been proven out the same way? The number of times I unlock my phone every day and the number of times I’m doing it somewhere that the government/my employer/my significant other/a random hacker would find objectionable or lucrative to exploit... That’s with just me there (or an ex, or a former employee or prospective employer, or someone I met at a bar who turns out to be on some list...).
Turn this back around to the car I’m driving and it’s honestly slightly terrifying for me. It could be the next evolution of those devices insurance companies want you to plug into your OBD port so they can monitor how quickly you accelerate, take turns, etc. Except now Tesla (and whomever they decide to sell it to) know that when that innocent-seeming accident happened you seemed to be looking down, so now you’re completely liable for damages.
With the good comes the bad, but I’m terrified of the bad and the good doesn’t seem that much better than the current.
- hellisothers 6y agoYea a friend only drives older cars without ODB to avoid tracking anything (he’s pretty paranoid). But I’ll resist buying a car with a driver facing camera as long as I can, I don’t care how much they discount insurance premiums if you get one, it’s not worth it.
- xeromal 6y agoI mean you can just tape up the camera.
- hellisothers 6y agoI’d imagine that disables a lot of things, not to mention is “suspicious”
- xeromal 6y agoBut it solves your problem of getting any car with one. The only thing you might potentially lose out on is autopilot or whatever other manufactures call it, but it's probably going to be required by regulation anyways.