alt Hacker NewsSo you're implying that someone in a locked Waymo was assaulted at gunpoint from outside the vehicle? These are rolling surveillance machines (in a good way?) and virtually every aspect of this would be caught on probably a dozen cameras. I'd be surprised if this hypothetical scenario has ever happened, and if it has, I'd love to see the evidence.
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You mean like this?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/technology/trapped-inside...
> virtually every aspect of this would be caught on probably a dozen cameras
If only there were a widely available technology to conceal ones face...
You're laying on enough qualifiers that even a recent robbery of a Waymo is precluded, because (if we really want to victim blame) their window was down which is asking for it.
But overall, not sure why the tone of these replies: then Venn diagram of "wants to rob people" and "cares Google's AV will record it" doesn't include as much overlap as you're implying.
A Waymo has even been used as a getaway vehicle a few times now, once even successfully
I think people vastly overestimate the extent to which would be criminals think ahead to the likelihood of being caught and the severity of the punishment.