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Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars

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Re: Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars

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Post by jimlongton »

mikece wrote: post #21

Wake me up when there's an EV that is just a car and not an always-connected surveillance device on wheels.

I work in the industry. It's not a "vehicle" any more - it's a "platform" to "engage" with customers, i.e. sell your data and lock features behind ridiculous monthly fees. That is now the mantra of the automotive industry. It really kills any enthusiasm I have for new cars.

Re: Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars

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Post by varun_chopra »

Reminds me of the time I bought lunch at work, and a colleague told me exactly what I bought and how much I paid for it. I called him out and said it was a lucky guess, and then he proceeded to tell me my entire payment history for the past 2 days.

Turns out when I was buying lunch, he was on the phone with a friend who worked at Paytm and that guy gave away my transaction history for shits and giggles.

My trust in private companies has been at it's lowest since then and I absolutely do not trust startups to keep my data safe.

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Post by mhoad »

simion314 wrote: post #23
mdhb wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Piss off with this low grade comment. Obviously nobody expected that Tesla employees would be sharing photos of them fucking in their work chats for their own amusement.

There always will be such employees, probably most of them are never find out or not made public.

Not putting appropriate access controls around that data is a choice and one that I hope they end up paying dearly for in court.

Re: Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars

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Post by jbaber »

GavinMcG wrote: post #24
meindnoch wrote: post #15

You bought a car with always-on cameras and always-on telemetry. What did you expect?

This is a horrifying view of the world even on its face, but also: even if we anticipate that people might do the wrong thing, it is still wrong and it is still appropriate to condemn that wrong and call for justice.

Is the OP saying Tesla shouldn't be condemned?

When a friend's car gets stolen, I reserve the right to condemn the thief and tut-tut at her for leaving the doors unlocked.

Re: Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars

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Post by sneak »

addisonl wrote: post #19
meindnoch wrote: post #15

You bought a car with always-on cameras and always-on telemetry. What did you expect?

I’d expect that they don’t let employees have “easy access to the cameras' output” and for them to be able to share them “freely with other employees”. Are you really victim blaming here? Nasty.

It's not victim blaming. They opted in to this when they bought a Tesla; the privacy policy clearly allows Tesla staff to access all data the car generates.

It's available to anyone to review before purchase. If you don't want it, don't buy a Tesla.

Re: Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars

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Post by chickenpotpie »

meindnoch wrote: post #15

You bought a car with always-on cameras and always-on telemetry. What did you expect?

Unnecessary victim blaming. The implications of technology like this are significantly less obvious than you think they are. It's not even very obvious that Tesla's have in cabin cameras. It's not mentioned anywhere during the order process, it's a tiny footnote in the manual and the camera is very very very small. Backup cameras are standard on new cars nowadays so every car has at least one camera on it. Almost every new car has constant remote connection too for features like remote start or road side assistance. How do you know a Toyota prius isn't uploading footage?
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