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[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 29 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

This is conjecture but don't Teslas record everything around them. Couldn't that be a form of distributed surveillance/botnet or something?

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 15 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Possibly. Nothing is open source so we don't really know what they're doing.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

There are privacy options to opt in to this, but it's not on by default.

Assuming you can trust the options anyway.

Edit: I do think it will share the video in the event of an accident or vehicle break in though even when not opted in.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

That's even more terrifying.

[–] stormeuh@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Even if Tesla itself doesn't do that, it's something to be concerned about in case a vulnerability is found that allows remote access to the camera's (or worse any local video recordings that may exist).

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

The company "flock safety" operates license plate cameras across the country. They allow any subscribing law enforcement agency to access all of the data. I believe this includes agencies in foreign countries.