Opps I broke it....oh well.
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I don't know the purpose of this camera but sadly I have seen numerous driver battling against falling asleep, including on highways, so going faster than 100km/h on a 1ton machine.
You all might be excellent conscientious drivers who are horrified that the car might check on your ability to drive but I can tell you with 100% certainty that not all drivers, including otherwise very kind and caring people, are not always able to drive, yet still do so.
To be clear I am not advocating for any data to leave the car at any point. I'm only point that some usages of cameras pointing to the driver might be both beneficial to everybody and not be a privacy problem. How? Well detect the presence of eyes and if there is not, demand a conscious action (e.g. pressing a button) and if this does not work, increase stimulus, etc. This does NOT require any data from being sent to anybody.
Unrelated but I'm also for speed limiters for cars. I also do not think it's a privacy issue.
Still, to clarify, safety MUST be improved WITHOUT hindering on privacy of anybody involved.
Yeah, it's like, I'm all for guns existing, I even think every human should get a free assault rifle, because reality is rough and they're very useful.
Just as long as no one ever shoots each other. That should be totally off the table.
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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.
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Surveillance is good as long as we like the direction the machine is heading.