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In the USA, as long as you're not recording audio and it's not in a place where people have a reasonable expectation of privacy, clandestine video surveillance
by mumblemumble 6y ago
In the USA, as long as you're not recording audio and it's not in a place where people have a reasonable expectation of privacy, clandestine video surveillance is A-OK.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoI don’t know why cars don’t come with built in dash cams yet. Seems like there is huge demand for it.
- fletchowns 6y agoI think it's only a matter of time before all new cars come with front and rear facing cameras. I think the next step after that would be some sort of reporting system. Seems kinda crazy I can click a button to report somebody cheating in a video game but I can't press a button in my car to report soembody for extremely unsafe driving.
- cortesoft 6y agoTeslas do. Just plug in a USB drive and it starts recording.
- filoeleven 6y agoThat’s a good move. I have a Subaru with the EyeSight system for lane detection, adaptive cruise control, etc. It’s annoying that the cameras are RIGHT THERE and always on, and they even store a 22-second history that can be accessed by police or insurance in case of a crash, but I, as the vehicle owner with a vested interest in access to the feed, have no way of tapping into it and storing it for myself.
- mandelbrotwurst 6y agoHow do police or insurance access it?
- brewdad 6y agoPresumably, the police need a warrant unless you volunteer it. The insurance company may need to subpoena the footage from you or you may be required to turn it over as a condition of coverage (I have no idea if any company is actually doing this).
- mandelbrotwurst 6y agoProbably, but then what? The person I'm replying to stated that they "have no way of tapping into it and storing it", and I don't think that changes suddenly if there's a court order.
- filoeleven 6y agoSorry, I’m not sure of the details. My info came from the forum posts I found while explicitly looking for how to use the cameras as a dashcam a while ago. Some of them linked to the spots in the user manual that mention the 22-second loop, but the manual doesn’t have more info on how the access works. All I really know for sure is “we haven’t figure out how to get to it ourselves” and the rest is what I picked up from those threads.
- mandelbrotwurst 6y agoGotcha, that's frustrating. I was mostly just asking to try and brainstorm, thinking that we might be able to come up with a way for you to access it if we knew anything about how it worked and/or other parties are able to access it.
- thesmok 6y agoSome Citroëns do.