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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's not just Tesla. Vehicles amass huge troves of possibly sensitive data.
Video footage and other data collected by Tesla helped law enforcement quickly piece together how a Cybertruck came to explode outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Years Day.
The trove of digital evidence also served as a high-profile demonstration of how much data modern cars collect about their drivers and those around them.
Data privacy experts say the investigation - which has determined that the driver, active-duty U.S. Army soldier Matthew Livelsberger, died by suicide before the blast - highlights how car companies vacuum up reams of data that can clear up mysteries but also be stolen or given to third parties without drivers knowledge. There are few regulations controlling how and when law enforcement authorities can access data in cars, and drivers are often unaware of the vast digital trail they leave behind.
These are panopticons on wheels, said Albert Fox Cahn, who founded the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, an advocacy group that argues the volume and precision of data collected can pose civil liberties concerns for people in sensitive situations, like attending protests or going to abortion clinics.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/not-just-tesla-vehicles-amass-184927090.html
dlk
(12,489 posts)Who doesn't want to save money, but at what cost?
Irish_Dem
(60,134 posts)It has gathered information about my daily trips and times.
And pops up those locations.
Or if a doctor's office or friend has sent me an address with appointment time on my phone it pops up that.
Or if I recently looked up an address on my phone it pops that up.
My car is better organized than I am.
gay texan
(2,919 posts)Unladen Swallow
(371 posts)2008 Dodge Ram and 2010 Ford Focus here. I'll replace engines and trannies on them until I drop dead. No new cars for me, ever.
Igel
(36,333 posts)Even if you can't find the person you're after you know where the person's probably returning to.
Don't like that my car probably retains data even if it doesn't upload it. And seriously am considering keeping my phone in a faraday bag much of the time when I'm not at home. (Then again, when I'm at work finding me's a snap so not there.)
hunter
(39,099 posts)Cell phones are also surveillance machines. And "smart" televisions.
Our world could go Big Brother Orwellian very quickly.