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One In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Lives (www.carscoops.com)
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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I think cars certainly have the hardware to spy on other people and drivers,

Tesla employees have shared the in car camera videos they record just for fun:

https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Luckily, not all cars are made by Tesla.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

but too much have internet connected cameras in them