It turns out that the “Internet of Things” is full of automated snoops and spies. Data collection, now integrated into new car designs, is more pervasive than ever and is ushering in a brave new world of surveillance and corporate collusion.

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    8 months ago

    She also pointed out that “Between 2019 and 2022, Tesla employees internally circulated intimate footage collected from people’s private cars for their own amusement, according to reports.”

    But you can definitely trust Musk to put a chip in your head…

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      Imagine buying into such an ecosystem that’s embedded in you just to get the email “we’ve changed! Here’s what you should know! Pricing will change from x to y” etc along with all other stupid shit

      Gonna be some eternal sunshine type shit with weirdos masturbating to your stream of consciousness (against TOS of course)

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    8 months ago

    Joke’s on them. I can’t afford to replace my 20 year old car because everything is completely unaffordable in this hellscape

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    My next car will probably be a 1986 Ford Bronco with an EV conversion and zero network connectivity. Just a hunk of 4x4 steel with a ton (literally) of batteries under the hood.

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      8 months ago

      Dragging around a Ton of extra weight for no reason kinda defeats the purpose of going electric. Actually, dragging around the extra ton in the Broncos body kinda defeats the purpose of going electric too.

      Just catch a bus!

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          “Real drivers” prefer lightweight cars that are more responsive and can corner, take off and stop on a dime.

          Track racing, off-road racing and even Motorkhana and technical rock-crawling is more fun in a vehicle that is the bare minimum.

          The only reason any driver would want something with superfluous extra weight is in Monster Trucks for stability, and then only if they are a shit driver.

          Even Tractor pulls (where the object is to pull a heavy weight) need the right balance of power:weight and ballast to have sufficient traction to offset the dead weight of the load.

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    What will be interesting is what the reaction will be when geeks figure out how to firewall their cars.

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        Definitely a good idea if you are able. For people that have long commutes requiring driving on a freeway, it is probably not an option.

        Bikes are great! I ride mine as often as possible, but many trips are not possible with bikes, in the US.

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          Just move to a townhouse closer to your job… Oh wait… They tore them all down to build freeways and then made it illegal to build new ones…

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    Mine is a few years too old to do that. Once my car is no longer working I’ll be putting around on my ebike instead

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          I don’t know man, sometimes I can barely hold a YouTube stream on my phone but the ads find a away to come through. lol car and insurance companies would probably go straight to satellite or something if they can resell the info for a dollar over cost.