New cars are absolute privacy nightmares; from the APLR (automated license plate readers) to microphones throughout the interior (in some cases interior-facing cameras), Bluetooth broadcasting sensors, wifi, cellular connections with obligatory GPS location, driver usage information (ie hard breaking, speeding, etc), and so on, recording of interior conversations, retention of this personal data (regardless of your consent), insurance companies raising your rates based upon data you truly cannot opt out of, it's wildly depressing. There are new articles seeming almost every day.
I don't think you can even disable the cellular/wifi/Bluetooth or it will brick the car due to necessary firmware updates etc.
There was a "lovely" article about boarder surveillance in Texas leveraging APLR/Bluetooth/WiFi tracking of cars from the other day.
cc Electronic Frontier Foundation (npub1m24…d9a3)
I guess cypherpunks will suddenly be hardcore sleeper build/classic car builders or be on mass transit.
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2024-05-24 13:12:49
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