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Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customers' cars: Ex-employees

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Not entirely new. I worked for CompUSA back in the day and I know for a fact that the services team that did repairs on computers back then did 2 things the second a computer was functional, scan for MP3s and nudes, then copy those to a couple drives they kept in the shop to power their WinAmp and distribute to those that wanted copies.

I also know my college roommate ran the 1-hour photo at a walgreens and if there were personal photos be developed he made copies for himself.

At the end of the day any system you don't control that doesn't have verifiable E2E encryption puts your sensitive images at risk.

> I also know my college roommate ran the 1-hour photo at a walgreens and if there were personal photos be developed he made copies for himself.

Robin Williams made a movie about that. But speaking as a former photo lab guy, I can tell you that while the odd photo might get you to call a couple coworkers over for a peek, no one really cared to collect anyone else's photos.

From April, so not at all new.

I must have missed the part where getting in my own vehicle is the same as getting 1 hour photos developed at Walgreens.

> It said it decided not to fine the company after Tesla said it had made several changes to Sentry Mode, including having a vehicle's headlights pulse to inform passers-by that they may be being recorded.

Why would anyone think pulsing headlights means they are being recorded? They're much more likely to simply think there's something wrong with the headlights.

It would totally make me think that I'm watched and if I'm being watched maybe I'm being recorded too.

However, I still don't like the proliferation of the 7/24 surveillance. Should start a religion or something that strongly prohibits that so we can push back a bit maybe.

No need for a religion - just don't buy the products of companies, like Tesla, that don't know what privacy means.

What if someone buys one and parks close to my home?

In many states, there’s already nothing stopping your neighbor pointing a camera at your doorstep. Why does a car on the street make it any different?

Is there any US state that provides for an expectation of not being video recorded in public spaces? Europe is different.

Because neighbours don't do that and if someone does that you can politely ask stop doing it. Not everything has to go through the government I'm not everything has to be a lawsuit or regulated behaviour.

Yeah but.. there are no new cars for sale in the US that don't violate your privacy in a ton of ways.

I guess you could get an old used car

There is difference in the degree in which they do the violation.

> It would totally make me think that I'm watched and if I'm being watched maybe I'm being recorded too.

That’s not really a common point of view.

I think what caused the outrage was that allegedly videos of accidents were being shared as "funny memes", or at least made a mockery of. And one included someone's kid being hit by a Tesla car while on a bike [0]. In another funnier incident the contents of Musk's own garage were exposed, though presumably he wasn't the "completely naked man" in the story.

[0] https://cybershow.uk/episodes.php?id=12 @t=1m10s

I am shocked, shocked that such a thing could ever happen.

I wonder if their newly announced API will give you direct access to your most compromising moments.

Here's the library name /sarcasm

com.tesla.vehicle.image.ai.nude

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But seriously, Im done with Internet of Shit, AI this, shitcoin that. I'm done with this future. It blows.

I want my 1990's new, young, unprofitized raw internet back. And unconnected cars, appliances that arent spyware terminals, anti-user computers named "phones". Im done with all the anti-human shit, all just to extract a few more cents per person, at scale.

You don't own the future. Investors do, and they want income.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCylH-WzqrU&t=76s

The only way to hit an investor where it hurts is to refuse to do what they think is profitablr. That means looking at management, as a collective of people who can do the eork, and saying "no, I won't do that".

We now return you to your normally scheduled rendition of "Iterated Prisoner's Dilemna".

Don't forget to tell the kids to get off your lawn.

Both believable and a total bummer.

Elon has been constantly getting hammered by the media, social media, etc. And yet it doesn't affect Tesla at all. It actually couldn't be doing better.

Does anyone have any thoughts on how Tesla is able to escape this wrath?

I think people are becoming immune to the "cancel" thing. It's become boring.

Like I said: boring.

The cars are much better than the competition at the price point, the software and updates are far ahead of the slow clunky interfaces that are never updated. Dealers charging $400 to update maps is BS. People gush over them and it spreads word of mouth.

The green aspect makes it popular among moderate liberals, only the immoderate folks stop buying Tesla because of politics. And they're not as numerous as they think they are, because they drown out positive news and opposing opinions in their online circles like on HN.

Crashy hard suspensions, misaligned panels, steering wheels with disintegrating foam, pleather that warps and melts in contact with body oils... The competition has caught up in the drivetrain dept and completely eclipsed Tesla in the fit and finish department.

Supercharging is the last ace up Tesla's sleeve.

Employee actions reflect their leadership.

Nobody would be surprised in the slightest if Elon shared some himself.

he already shared private photos he didn't have permission on with the Amber Heard cosplay. If he does that with someone he "cared" about then why wouldn't he do it with random customers.

Apple store employees shared nudes of customers, and have been busted multiple times. Do you still stand by your statement?

Yes

Uh, yes? Of course. They are just another company that cares little for your privacy. Apple OSes Are Insecure by Design to Aid Surveillance https://sneak.berlin/20231005/apple-operating-system-surveil...

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