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Ford Panopticon: Crowd-Sourced Car Tracking Revealed in New Patent (fuelarc.com)

submitted 1 week ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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We all know automakers want to keep tabs on their cars. Stolen vehicle tracking? Sure. Fleet management? Fine. Microphone eavesdropping to serve more ads? Hate it, but OK, that’s a thing. Hold onto your tin-foil hats: Ford just filed a patent for something that takes vehicle tracking into full-blown Twilight Zone territory. Always-On Tracking… In Your Car, or Somebody Else’s.

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[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've spent some time noodling on that exact question.

It'd be great if we had a better functioning civil society, where the government and the 4th estate could insist on basic protections for citizens, and the corporations would be steered away from the worst profit-seeking excesses that they'll get into without the extra guidance.

What do I know, though? I'm a comedian ;) 100% agree with you that there is a happy middle ground between new tech and privacy/civil liberties, but I'm doubtful that I'll ever personally set foot on it with the way things are trending.

[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Until the brave masses start slaughtering the "elite" we're doomed to plod through the current status quo, which, to paraphrase Dr. Horrible, is absolutely NOT quo.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

i doubt the rick and morty version of "purge" can actually happen, where the female led an uprising that slaughtered all the elite people.