So they’re going to siphon off all this data and then just… stop? You really believe that?
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No. I fear that governments will demand that. For the children or whatever. But I hope people will demand privacy and companies will figure out how to provide what's demanded.
I wouldn’t count on either. I’d rather just continue driving myself and avoid the data being captured in the first place.
It’s already becoming an issue now and no one gives a single fuck.
https://cybernews.com/privacy/volkswagen-recording-ev-movement-data-owners-exposed/
Non-self-driving cars already phone home all kinds of data. And it's worse in some countries than in others. I think in Europe, cars have to detect accidents and report their location and the manufacturers just track the location way too much.
Yes, exactly, that’s my point. It’s not going to get better, it will only get worse with self driving cars. You’ll have no go zones, curfews, and generally just less freedom as you give more control and data to the cars and the govt.
Yet the tide might turn and while insurance might be cheaper if you guarantee to remain on paved roads, for a little extra you might still get insurance without tracking.
I fear it's just so stealth that most people don't realize it's going on before politicians turned it into more and more laws.
It’s already happened. I used to work at a major insurance provider and they’re sucking up any data they can from just about any source