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Of course it is. We're just told differently until a leaker proves differently. Twenty years too late to do anything about it
by mousethatroared 1y ago
Of course it is. We're just told differently until a leaker proves differently. Twenty years too late to do anything about it
- rad_gruchalski 1y agoThere are so many things in a modern car that track you. eCall is the smallest problem.
- koolba 1y agoIndeed there are: https://medium.com/@doctoreww/day-2-your-car-is-trackable-by-law-1d5f74388850 https://medium.com/@doctoreww/day-2-your-car-is-trackable-by... And “modern” is going back over a decade. So most cars on the road.
- mousethatroared 1y ago[flagged]
- XorNot 1y agoAnd naturally of course you don't carry a cellphone with you while you drive...you know, that device with accelerometers, GPS and an LTE chip that you leave powered on all the time on your person?
- mousethatroared 1y ago[flagged]
- GenshoTikamura 1y agoOf course I am free to carry it or not
- rad_gruchalski 1y agoYou are also free not to use a mode of transportation. You can, for example, buy an old car, register it on a historical number plate, and you’re good. There is no retrofit requirement. If you want a new car, suck it up.
- GenshoTikamura 1y agoI'm always amused at people who deem future and freedom of choice incompatible and effectively stating that the end game of all progress is absolute slavery and obedience. Other than having some vested interest in denying people's right to choose between positive and negative aspects of progress, or having a Stockholm syndrome towards those who have such interest, I got no plausible explanations to this psychological phenomenon
- rad_gruchalski 1y agoOmg what am I going to do. Yes yes. You know I’m selling trackers online and just lobbying on hacker news. You seem to be wasting your precious “armchair psychologist skills” here on hn.
- kortilla 1y agoI don’t. What’s your point
- willywanker 1y agoAh yes, brilliant reasoning. "You carry one device that can be tracked as long as you're carrying it so what's the problem with having tracking baked into your vehicle?"