>always-connected, auto-updating tablet Updates are a good thing. Since you said "Teslas in particular" you are misinformed about them being auto updating. It

>always-connected, auto-updating tablet Updates are a good thing. Since you said "Teslas in particular" you are misinformed about them being auto updating. It is true that they do automatically download the updates, but the updates are opt in. Also, Tesla allows opt out for data collection from the car. In fact, it seems like you will be very surprised to learn, the default setting value is opt out. They also do collect a lot of driving data that they do not associate with the VIN or any other identifier, in my understanding. You could argue that when the driver opts in to anonymous data collection (again, no identification of the vehicle, etc.) it is still getting exterior pictures of their home and driveway. OK. But, opt in. There are tradeoffs. You allow collection of some data, or not… up to you. That seems like a fair setup to me. >invariably turn your vehicle into an always-connected, auto-updating tablet, with zero privacy. "Invariably"… no. "Always connected"… no. Often connected, certainly. "Auto-updating"… no. "Zero privacy"… no. This seems like a really poorly informed take, when it's opt out by default. Yet you currently have the top comment in this article.