New car surveillance tech becomes mandatory by 2027, using infrared cameras to monitor driver sobriety and alertness with privacy and cost concerns.
  • QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works
    731·
    10 days ago

    yesterday on a police chase livestream on YouTube the cops tried to shut down a car that was running from them by calling the company. They got a spike strip before they could get it worked out but even hearing that it’s an option is absolutely dystopian

    here’s the vod btw
    https://www.youtube.com/live/-d9lHib8FJM

    • FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      17·
      9 days ago

      is absolutely dystopian

      Esp because they could already use, you know… a spike strip!

      It feels kinda like targeted v dragnet surviilance debate. Targeted feels OK if you get a warrant from a judge, use the legal procedures. But dragnet makes for a dystopia. Similar here. I don’t want a global ability for some centralized db to flip a bit and stop any body’s car across the world. Or, worst case, hacked and stops EVERYBODYs car at once.

      • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
        2·
        8 days ago

        Or, worst case, hacked and stops EVERYBODYs car at once.

        I’ve always envisioned this scenario a little more absurd. I always imagined a hacker hacking a city full of autonomous vehicles and commanding them all to drive to a single tiny cul-de-sac. Imagine the traffic jam when a million cars all try to drive to the same tiny suburban side street all at once.