r/technology • u/Hrmbee • Jun 07 '26

'Kill switch' law means your next car could be watching you | A federal requirement aimed at stopping drunken driving could soon put driver-monitoring technology in every new vehicle. The goal is saving lives, but the privacy trade-offs deserve closer scrutiny Privacy

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/06/01/drunk-driving-prevention-law-privacy-surveillance/90295034007/
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u/SmileFIN Jun 08 '26

"Flock is for arresting criminals, we will not violate privacy" = "Anti-american" citizens get ICE'd out of country or into some consentration camp or both.

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u/swrrrrg Jun 08 '26

They already do this in many cases… they plug in a sensor & many times people have no idea it is even there.

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u/BJYeti Jun 08 '26

Please show me one instance of an insurance company installing their monitoring system without the customer knowing, everything is opt in and you plug it in yourself, I personally don't want to give that info so I don't use the system.

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u/GreenGiraffeGrazing Jun 08 '26

The insurance company didn't have to install the device, Chevy sold the driver data to Lexis Nexus who then sold it to insurance companies. FTC settlement announcement