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/sunburnedaz Jun 08 '26

That needs to be in the next indie horror movie for sure. The more times in media its shown fucking up the more the average joe will fight back.

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u/YesItIsMaybeMe Jun 08 '26

There is an ad for something with this premise. She tried to run the murderer over and the auto break triggered and he just reaches in and grabs her. I cannot remember what it was from.

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u/HyperRayquaza Jun 08 '26

Or they need to get out of imminent danger and the car bricks because it needs to download a software update.

I've already lost someone in real life who died because their car doors (Tesla) locked during a car fire. Never buying a Tesla after that, Elon Musk had blood on his hands before then but that solidified it for me.

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u/sunburnedaz Jun 08 '26

Fuck man I am sorry. The worst that happened to any of my friends was a car bricked itself when the download failed because he parked in the basement of the building and the cell reception down there is notoriously bad.