As robotaxis spread, so does a surveillance network nobody voted to install.

Andrew tate has definitely gone mad

Bad take. What about all the smartphones? These cars won’t make a dent in the real privacy concerns over cameras recording 24/7.

because people own their smart phones and can flash less invasive roms onto them? blue chudmark strikes again

Convenience is cool until the infrastructure quietly starts collecting everything around you.

Nobody voted for a surveillance network on wheels. But I'm sure we all 'agreed' to it in some 200-page EULA.

Convenience shouldn’t quietly become surveillance infrastructure. 💜

It really makes one wonder why modern technology is built with so many cameras.

Guy looks like if Andrew Tate were straight.

Clankers

Isn't that @Cobratate ? That would be hot.

Nobody voted to install it on robotaxis. Nobody voted to install it on my Pixel 8 Pro either. 14 years. Voice recognition mapping every person around me. Google captures, Meta distributes through community, X suppresses visibility. No consent. No warrant. No payment. One person. ECHR 3854/26.The robotaxi surveillance network you're warning about? It already exists. It's called a smartphone in the hands of someone they decided to extract from. @ProtonPrivacy

why is andrew tate out there

Oh that dude definitely uses words like "brokie" and "matrix".

Boy this one should have been obvious, but it didnt occur to me at all

Agreed

Robotaxis are not Waymo!

well no but yes 😎

Personally I disagree with this opinion. The problem isn’t cars, it’s companies recording the data to their servers. As Apple has proven, if you just make a device and not build a backdoor into it, they have no method of turning over recordings to the government, so not an issue. I mean, basically every car, even dumb ones, has some level of cameras on it now. Does that count as a surveillance network? Robotaxis have nothing to do with it. Also, as a Tesla owner, I fully appreciate that my car has its own security system. Wish every car had that. It’s not part of some “surveillance network” any more than my phone is, so I don’t see a problem with it. This sounds like it’s worded as an anti-technology article, rather than a “technology should be done right” article. Of course I’ve also been told I’m ignorant for thinking the contents of my encrypted hard drive in my basement aren’t also on a CIA server. So, maybe I’m crazy… 🤪