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[EFF Article] The Impending Privacy Threat of Self-Driving Cars (www.eff.org)
submitted 2 years ago by Raisin8659@monyet.cc to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.
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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We need to have free open source software for the cars. Of course, the hardware, the car itself, should cost money, but it's important to have the software open source so it can be carefully examined.

[–] Raisin8659@monyet.cc 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, need some companies to compete by using FOSS. Probably not gonna happen by govt's regulations.

[–] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

In our country you can buy assembled vehicles. The downside is there's no safety codes being followed. Yet it's perfectly legal to register and approved by the government for road use.