The two things in the headline are not at all related. Car manufacturers just see an opportunity to dip into the data market to make even more money and an opportunity to sell subscriptions. None of that is about keeping people safe.
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2024
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But because they both exist in the same car, same purchase, I don’t think it’s wrong to compare the two. Is it worth the safety to deal with the data privacy issues until laws and regulation catch up? As a solo person, no. If I were putting kids in my car? It would be hard to not be purchasing the safest vehicle out there even with the privacy issues.
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While there is still a trade-off between user privacy and quality of service, privacy-preserving data analytics techniques could pave the way for using data without leaking drivers’ and passengers’ personally identifiable information.
If could happen, but it won't.
That's somewhat weird to me a tradeoff is necessary at all. Almost all the stuff mentioned (except "verifying the speed limit from your GPS position") is perfectly doable offline without sending stuff to their servers. Yeah, sure, they need "data" to improve the technology, but I fail to see how exactly that's my problem: I pay for a car, not for the pleasure of participating in a research they do to make it work.
The second. Cars are in the top 3 causes of death they ain't keeping us safe at all.
I'd hardly fair to blame the cars for safety when they basically let anyone get one even if they're incapable of using it responsibly.
It’s entirely fair to blame the cars, and trucks and suvs specifically with their ever growing size, weight and decreasing field of view.
Ban cars