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Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027 (www.yahoo.com)
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I can't. I just can't.

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[โ€“] Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Its been like this my entire life. When I was in high school in the 90s one of my teachers said the greatest battle your generation will fight will be for privacy. Little did they know there would be no fight. The general public doesn't seem interested in caring about things and voting with their wallet. Now we've reached this point where the game is up and companies have realized the masses will buy their products because people perceive that they "need" them and can't do without which gives them free reign to do whatever they want.

[โ€“] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

voting with their wallet I'm onboard with your argument but I really don't think voting with your wallet works in cases like this. When there are so few players in a system and they're all colluding to make things worse, there is no vote.

I am deeply frustrated that people aren't getting more involved. I link them to groups, I show them the consumer rights wiki, I talk to people about getting involved politically at the local level... So few people care. Things are going to have to get much worse before they take action, best thing we can do is have the framework in place for when they finally wake up.