Sometimes I feel so hopeful that with the amount of freedom technology we have that winning in is inevitable.
But then others its hard to imagine a future where we don't end up monitored and tagged slaves.
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Today I had the insidious idea that every car in the future would get a digital screen installed near the license plate that would display a QR code containing a link to all information about all passengers and the driver that would change depending on who enters the vehicle. I almost threw up on myself I was so disgusted by how natural this thought came to me.
It is gross.
I would not be surprised if modern cars just about do this anyway by detecting which Bluetooth devices are in the car and phoning all that data home.
"In response to five class-action lawsuits, a Washington appeals court has decided that Honda and several other automakers did nothing wrong by storing text messages and call records from connected smartphones
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In other words, it's A-OK for your car to "automatically and without authorization, instantaneously intercept, record, download, store, and [be] capable of transmitting" text messages and call logs since the privacy violation is potential, but the injury not necessarily actual."
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/09/car_text_harvesting/
"The gist is: they can collect super intimate information about you -- from your medical information, your genetic information, to your “sex life” (seriously), to how fast you drive, where you drive, and what songs you play in your car -- in huge quantities.
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(84%) of the car brands we researched say they can share your personal data "
More details here.
Rickshaw only.
Technology is good as a tool
but terrible as a master