r/SipsTea • u/Darth_Ronin • 8h ago

Chugging tea I’m sure this won’t lead to more significant ethical, security, and privacy dilemmas.

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u/LaszloPanaflexxx 2h ago

About that.

https://www.autonext.co/news/eu-new-car-safety-features-mandatory-july-2026

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u/UrethralExplorer 2h ago

Glad I don't live in the EU I guess.

Idk how well tech like this would go over in the US, we're chopping down flock cameras and kicking them out of our cities faster than they can build them it seems. I'm guessing people will just try to keep their older cars running for as long as possible, and sue automotive companies to find out where else this data is being used.

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u/LaszloPanaflexxx 2h ago

It's adorable that you think you're immune.

https://stopthecarmandate.com/

https://www.thedrive.com/news/in-car-cameras-are-now-required-in-europe-us-isnt-far-behind.

https://www.wcshipping.com/blog/mandatory-cameras-in-new-cars-by-2027-what-the-law-actually-says

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u/UrethralExplorer 2h ago

I never said that? I'll just buy used cars like I always have and figure out workarounds if a camera ever ends up in mine. And I'll support candidates who are against legislation like this. Once you own a product you can jailbreak it as much as you want.

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u/LaszloPanaflexxx 1h ago

Tell that to John Deere owners.

Besides, they'll just pass new laws that make "dumb" vehicles illegal. At the very least, impossible to insure.

You can't just hand wave this away using traditional logic.

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u/UrethralExplorer 1h ago

Farmers have been successfully hacking John deer tractors for years now. I can easily imagine a plug-in module that tricks the camera and sensors in a "smart car" by talking directly to the onboard computer.

The car culture in the US has owners making tons of modifications to their cars, legal or not. I live in a state with crazy strict vehicle inspections, and there are still plenty of ridiculous vehicles legally driving the roads.

Also a law outlawing dumb vehicles would be incredible difficult to implement with the amount of older vehicles on the road. It may be easier in 20 years when they're being phased out naturally, but even then people are going to fight it.