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The car complains when the camera is covered. At a minimum that means making annoying sounds every time you drive anywhere, at worst the car doesn't let you drive. You can't just dismiss this, it's going to happen more and more, and they will be increasingly hostile to your workarounds.
Break the camera? Remove it? Scratch the lens?
THE CAR COMPLAINS WHEN THE CAMERA DOESN'T SEE YOUR FUCKING FACE FUCKNUT
I'd just cover it or break it 🤷
In many states any information not disclosed by the seller is grounds for you canceling the deal. But you would have to look that up for where you live. Or there's black tape, but then you're still paying for a camera you didn't want, aren't using, and weren't told about.
You have to log your profile into your car?? Fuck everything about that!
My car has profiles for seat position, mirror position, radio settings etc but it's just Driver 1 and Driver 2 and you select with a button.
You're basically trying to convince a medieval peasant that your so-called "antibiotic" potion can cure their disease but is definitely not witchcraft. Good luck wit dat!
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"what about the camera on your laptop?"
My personal laptop does not have a camera, and my work laptop has a physical camera blocker.
Some of these dorks out here would fr be supportive of a "smart" camera in their toilet looking straight at their hole/s. "I have nothing to hide, its just videos of me pooping"
Nope. Take it right back.
Fucking hell.
I'll be sticking with 2015 and older for as long as I can.
Does your state have a lemon law? If you can, return the car as it's clearly defective.
Wait till the 2027 gets the seat rectal probe to verify you by your large intestine. Also, they sell the data to health insurance providers.
Wait I thought we were talking about bad features...
anybody that doesn't think its an issue is an idiot
I mean I would like a dashcam that records front, my face and out the rear window. But it has to be under MY control.
I'd never buy a car with a camera I can't control. No doubt they'll soon turn it into some subscription shit or spy on you.
I do find this attitude interesting. You don't want yourself to be recorded, but you'll happily record random pedestrians without their knowledge or consent.
It's to disempower you. All of this is to further disempower the masses.
That’d be getting covered immediately if it ended up in a car of mine
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It will be used against you at every opportunity.
Honestly I only think it's fair, to also have the driver be subject to surveillance, when they knowingly expose others to the car's exterior cameras.
I have nothing against personal dash cams. I don't like them internet connected.
"Your insurance claim is denied, our algorithm says it's 70% confident your eyes were dilated in a way consistent with taking alcohol. Also, here's your court hearing date"
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