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Cider9986yesterday at 7:37 PM3 repliesview on HN

Thank goodness that Waymo has no plans to use the cameras recording you in the car for targeted ads.

I will feel so secure and private being recorded at all angles in a car I don't own and can't sue.

"Waymo: ‘no plans’ to use in-car camera data for targeted ads"

(https://www.theverge.com/news/644770/waymo-interior-camera-a...)


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Barbingyesterday at 8:12 PM

How about a Waymo competitor that uses nonporous, impervious materials for the interior, and automatically sanitizes itself in between passengers? You pay with Monero and logs are only kept long enough to solve any murders you might've committed, and for the next rider to report if you still managed to mess something up.

OK there might be some problems with this idea. But if I'm paying with credit card and it's attached to my name, they should be able to rely on the next passenger to report if I've damaged the car, right, and they could stop recording me?

Heck they could provide a camera with a physical cover that makes a 90 decibel sound when it opens, and it could check the car in between riders. "promise no peeping" definitely not good enough when minor physical hardware privacy measures are so inexpensive.

xnxyesterday at 8:25 PM

> I will feel so secure and private being recorded at all angles in a car I don't own and can't sue.

This is even worse in an Uber where the drivers can put cameras anywhere and do anything with the recordings.

fhkayesterday at 7:46 PM

I also don't understand why people aren't more upset about the privacy issues. They have your whole travel data, your face, your voice, "private" conversations.

And the people in the Philippines who can intervene in the "self" driving can comment on your bodily features if bored.

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