Thank god for duct tape

And this is why I have 2 cars from the 80's that I refuse to give up. They're nearly 100% mechanical, carburated and with almost no necessary fuzes to run the two.

I'd sell the car.

I'm cool with just not driving. Fuck you, car manufacturers. If I can't feasibly live a lifestyle on public transit I'll buy the oldest shittiest shitbox on Earth and drive it until it fucking explodes.

This is one of those great ideas which can easily be implemented offline but they make it require phoning their data collection unit. Fuck everything about that. I would have stopped and said uhhh no. I want my money back.

Your concern is definitely justified. This is creepy as hell.

I fckn hate these laws that force so much tech into new cars under the guise of safety. Not only is it a massive breach in privacy (I don't care if the car manufacturers claim they don't use this data for identification, I won't belive them), but it also makes small cars way more expensive, comparatively. Fck this sh*t, cars have been becoming obnoxiously expensive and forced BS tech like that just makes everything worse.

I believe this is (or will soon be) a regulatory requirement in many countries, for self-driving features in modern cars.

For me I don't do long highway trips often enough to justify having it. I would rather not have inherently invasive blackbox tech as a tradeoff for a feature I will seldom (if ever) use.

These will be required in all cars sold in the US as soon as next year and close to zero people are talking about.

Loyal Moses has a vid on these cameras re Ford patenting tech that won’t let you start the car if your mood is deemed incompatible with driving.

Whatever the case re drive ability, 100% your insurance company will have this data.

Does the car stop complaining if you cover it or is it a constant ear assault? Can you start the car if it’s covered? Is there a workaround to disable it?

ETA: what’s weird is that your parents aren’t aware that most people cover laptop cameras. I’m parent aged, and I do. Many laptops come equipped with a slider device to cover it.

Destroy the camera bro

I will never buy a car made after 2018.

You might be able to remove the corresponding fuse

Black tape ought to solve it, if not a pair of wire cutters.

Put a sticker over it

Side question : is your car connected to the internet ?

Nope. Take it right back.

It IS a cool feature but the privacy concerns kinda override any positivity I might have toward it. If it was completely offline with available source code, I'd be on board.