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Your new car is watching you and collecting data
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You say that but if this is the starting point, where does it end. Not many of us have anything to hide but there are principles hereFord feels the need to put a warning pop up message on the display to remind me. I don’t care I like the convenience of the FordPass app and I am not very interesting anyway, anyone spying on me will be really bored.
I cut cell service when I'm driving on the highway at legal+ speeds.
And if so, so what if you're not doing something illegal? There is some tin foil hat mentality here. You would have to have thousands of employees monitoring millions of drivers to get meaningful data, and for what? So they can target some advertising to you more precisely? I'm all for that.
It wouldn't take more employees, data gets categorized in a massive DB with id markers and all you have to do is a reciruvuse search for such person qualities, at such time, with such criteria to get a meaningful plot point. Total anonymity and they wouldn't want to know because it would be a liability hell hole. Meta data & metrics 101. Personally I know I am 100% identifiable in my household for driving, I speed, late brake, pass more often than not. My wife...sunday church lady.
Exactly. If total anonymity, why is everybody in a tizzy?
The new Subaru Outback I’m renting not only has a camera facing the driver to make sure your eyes are on the road (and alarms if they’re not!), but it also says in the options there are facial recognition features as well. The system has a button to tease you that you’re turning it off, but after about 5 seconds the system turns itself back on automatically!
A simple piece of tape across the eyebrow in the dash where the camera hides defeats that system
A simple piece of tape across the eyebrow in the dash where the camera hides defeats that system
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I have owned or do own every series truck and full size SUV from the 60's on up, and by FAR, these new trucks are the worst ever. Look cool, ride smooth, bunch of power, but they are not going to last like the GMT400 or 800, no way.
I have never seen such a used market for these trucks with many having 20k miles on the clock. Goes to show I am not the only one who feels this way.
Thinking about buying this gem.
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these were the best trucks ever made mile for mile in my opinion.
I zoomed in on the front of that truck. With 54,000 miles on it-there should be at least a couple of dings on the hood. I am doubting that's original paint-but I could be wrong.I have owned or do own every series truck and full size SUV from the 60's on up, and by FAR, these new trucks are the worst ever. Look cool, ride smooth, bunch of power, but they are not going to last like the GMT400 or 800, no way.
I have never seen such a used market for these trucks with many having 20k miles on the clock. Goes to show I am not the only one who feels this way.
Thinking about buying this gem.
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these were the best trucks ever made mile for mile in my opinion.
Nice truck tho.
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LOL on matching camper shell comment. I kind of agree. The sales guy said it was from Washington State, but you know they always tell the truth.
I did decide not to pursue this truck at its current price. That place has some rare birds though, such as a 2006, 8.1 4x4, with the ZF6
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Let's see...
1.My phone tracks me. Even shows pop up ads for things I was merely thinking about. Not to mention my News topics.
2.There are cameras at every intersection.
3.Credit cards track my spending.
4.Every house on the block has a RING camera.
5.And every so often I get calls from pleasant Indian call centers trying to sell me free Healthcare and/or an extended auto warranty (they just need my SS#). Yes they know my name too.
All to say...this ain't nothing new.
1.My phone tracks me. Even shows pop up ads for things I was merely thinking about. Not to mention my News topics.
2.There are cameras at every intersection.
3.Credit cards track my spending.
4.Every house on the block has a RING camera.
5.And every so often I get calls from pleasant Indian call centers trying to sell me free Healthcare and/or an extended auto warranty (they just need my SS#). Yes they know my name too.
All to say...this ain't nothing new.
Well if you aren't scared of big brother are you really alive?
I thought people look up to their big brothers, not be scared of them.
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"Scared" would not be how i would describe it.
It can go ahead and track me.
My life is pretty boring, interspersed with moments of really boring.
I don't go to underground fight clubs or casinos, no back alley drug deals, or other shady activities.
On a fancy day I take my 6 year old to the public pool for a swim, hit the grocery store on the way home, and occasionally stop by the icecream stand to get us a treat.
Most days its maybe a parts run to kenworth or star, and swing by the volvo equipment dealer for some hydraulic oil.
Once or twice a month I take my girls out to dinner somewhere, last time was Boston pizza.
Track me all you want to everyone, I'm the most boring guy on earth, so have fun with my data lol
Whatever helps you sleep better.
But I would bet that the so called 'off' position is really just to make some people feel better.
Between satellites, street cams, store cams, cellphones, cars, and everything else out there, nobody truly has privacy and anonymity anymore.
I live on a large amount of land, way out in the countryside, and still don't believe that they, the government and whoever else, cannot see everything that I do.
But for me it doesn't matter at all.
If someone wants to watch me take a leak on a tree from their satellite, well enjoy the view whoever you are.
Heck they monitor the pee and poop people flush down the toilet nowadays.
Looks like Little Johnny could use with eating some more veggies, and must have skipped his antidepressants a few days this week.
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