Submitted 1 year ago by sic_semper_tyrannis@feddit.ch to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYcmF9IAJbU
Almost everything based in technology spies on everyone now a days and most people are alright with it. I don’t understand why people are okay knowing this spying exists. Louis Rossman does a great job here showing us the disgusting tactics used by big corporations to gaslight people into believing them over what these companies are really nefariously up to.
That’s it. I won’t have sex in my car any more.
I mean if I had a car, I wouldn’t have sex in it any more.
If I had sex that is.
citizenship status, immigration status, national origin
How?
religious or philosophical beliefs
So it actively listens in case someone says out loud they're a communist? Because I'm damn sure that "philosophical beliefs" isn't part of a purchase order.
health diagnosis data
Oh good. Soon AI will be watching my skin over time so my insurance can deny claims as "pre-existing" when the computer figured out before I did that I have melanoma.
and genetic information.
Genetic information. Amazing. I guarantee this means, in part, that they're literally measuring your dick with their cameras, because it's not asking for a blood test to start your car.
How?
If you live in the US, most likely data brokers.
Really seedy industry centered around buying and selling your personal information, compiling public records from government sites to build a profile of your location, previous addresses, jobs, biological sex, given sex, phone numbers etc, and then cross referencing that with online data from ad trackers and targeting to build a more detailed profile of who exactly you are specifically.
This stuff doesn’t even scratch the surface too.
US law enforcement has also been openly using data brokers to bypass certain privacy protections/rights granted to people who live in the US, where things like a warrant or subpoena would usually be necessary
citizenship status, immigration status, national origin
How?
If I were to wager a guess; extrapolation. If say you live in Sweden, frequently visit the tax agency or social services, has the surname Alreihan, and frequent places like adult schools, mosques, and immigrant stores, chances are you’re not an average Svensson. Most personal data is public records here in Sweden so it’s quite easy to find out anyway.
religious or philosophical beliefs
So it actively listens in case someone says out loud they’re a communist? Because I’m damn sure that “philosophical beliefs” isn’t part of a purchase order.
I wouldn’t put it past them to actively listen in on people. They help themselves to your geolocation too though, so if you say, drive to a protestant church with any sort of frequency, chances are you’re a protestant. If they know your age and your income bracket, they might also just assign a profile to you. “This person is a WASP so they are likely conservative.”
Genetic information. Amazing. I guarantee this means, in part, that they’re literally measuring your dick with their cameras, because it’s not asking for a blood test to start your car.
Yet, hah!
I don’t know about Android, but Apple is really big on health guffins. So if you have an Apple Watch and use the Health app to record and track your data (it can record a lot, though they don’t ask for dick size) then it’s not completely outlandish that the car might request that data from your phone should you hook it up.
Though, it might just be something that the car manufacturer app asks for, because I’m unsure if Car Play can just pull health data like that. Third party apps can absolutely request access to your health data, so if you have a Tesla and use the Tesla app, they can totally request health data permissions and add that to your profile.
citizenship status, immigration status, national origin
How?
So it actively listens in case someone says out loud they’re a communist?
Soon AI will be watching my skin over time so my insurance can deny claims
I guarantee this means, in part, that they’re literally measuring your dick
Remember there is a difference between spying and monitoring based on consent. If I ask the police to put up security cameras on my street due to crime that is monitoring, if someone hides a camera in a tree and aims it at my house that is spying.
If someone hides what they’re “monitoring” from you in vague definitions and legalese ToS, it’s still spying.
You hire a security guard to monitor your street and he has his binoculars pointed at bedroom windows most of the night, which one is that? Those windows ARE on the street to monitor.
That is some eye opening shit. Thank you for sharing!
You’re welcome! I’m glad to hear that people care!
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Couldn’t we at least use this data for something useful? Like help me find a date with a possible future girlfriend?
I’d like to give my give my vehicle consent to unexpectedly drive me to a blind date.
Ah don’t understand why people overreact… We have nothing to hide… Its that what everyone says? But in case that wasn’t clean… First line was sarcasm
MagneticFusion@lemm.ee 1 year ago
for as long as society has the mentality of “i got nothing to hide” we are doomed
dojan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
See, if you ever pull the trousers down on people who say that, they suddenly start caring a whole lot about privacy!
HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 1 year ago
See, I am of the view that there should be a list of people who have this mentality and their data is updated live and publicly visible to all to see, and I mean EVERYTHING. Of course I’m not calling for someone to just hack systems and publish user data, but instead people get free services when they sign up for to be part of this list.
Then we’ll see how many “have nothing to hide”
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 year ago
May I please hide my sex life from car manufacturers?
Like I get the whole lack of privacy these days but I think most people assume that’s a privacy they have
dojan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No. You don’t even get to own the car you buy from them, why would you get to own your sex life?
You’ll own nothing, and be happy damn it.
MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Damn, oh well🤷🏿