Modern cars are computers on wheels - they have more sensors than you can count and are constantly phoning home with telemetry data like your location, speed, fuel levels, sudden accelerations/decelerations, video footage, driver attention data from eye monitoring systems, and hundreds of other data points. Cars have inward- and outward-facing cameras. They have microphones. They have always-on modems. It’s all enabled by default with difficult or meaningless opt-outs, and your data is monetized through brokers like LexisNexis or Verisk.

  • Sunshine@piefed.ca
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    7 hours ago

    This is will become the standard job for mechanics. Eat my boot 2027 american bill mandating surveillance into cars.

      • frunch@lemmy.world
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        4 hours ago

        It’ll probably violate some TOS and they’ll claim the car is somehow compromised because they aren’t allowed to spy on you