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Shouldn’t Elon’s public surveillance on wheels get more focus than things we have personal control over, like Facebook? (belgae.social)

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Although I applaud efforts like this to regulate the technofeudal fiefdoms, it’s disturbing how that movement has so much attention in comparison to the fact that Tesla’s cars impose surveillance on everyone who travels outside of their home.

I can escape Facebook to a sufficiently good enough extent by not creating an account. The fact that FB tries to track non-users is minor in the big scheme of things.

Where I have zero control is when I am out on the street, and a Tesla or Google car intersects my path. The robocams take a pic of me, likely performs facial recognition (I assume), and then my realtime location and face are captured by Tesla or Google without my knowledge or consent. Then if I want to send them a GDPR right to be forgotten request everytime their car passes me, I have to send them a copy of my ID to prove my identity, as well as my address so I can receive my reply.

This situation is fucked up in so many ways. There is no personal action I can take to protect myself other than to not leave my home. This is where regulation is most needed.

(edit) Well, I suppose I could wear a ski mask everywhere. But I don’t suppose the police would leave me alone in that case -- considering the burqua is banned in Belgium due to police being unable to ID someone whose face is covered.

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