Summary:

  • Self-driving cars collect a massive amount of data, including visual and other information.
  • This data could be used to track people’s movements, which could pose a threat to privacy.
  • There is a lot of uncertainty about how this data is stored, secured, and accessed.
  • Law enforcement agencies have already served warrants to self-driving car companies for footage.
  • It is important to have strong privacy laws that address the data collected by self-driving cars.
  • We need to know more about how much footage police request and how companies respond to these requests.
  • Regulators need to consider the civil liberties implications of self-driving car data collection.
    • grue@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I’m already avoiding buying new cars because of this issue for a while now. My newest car is from 2005, and I intend to keep it that way.

      It sucks that all the electric cars are ruined by spying, but at least I’m happy with the e-bike I bought this spring.