And the people in the Philippines who can intervene in the "self" driving can comment on your bodily features if bored.
I think a lot of people are starting to realize that despite years of doom-and-gloom finger wagging about privacy, their lives have never actually been negatively impacted by the horrors of targeted ads and, if anything, are materially improved (free internet search engines, free email, free social networks, and so on).
This also intertwines with the coordinated ID push for many social media networks. It builds an effective framework to target anyone. Trump casually designates people "terrorists" already.
Waymo microphones are only activated when you contact support.
Do you think Google is lying about the microphone?
why?
i no longer believe a company of alphabet's size cannot weather a "controversy" around surreptitious data collection. too many people accept this possibility as a matter of course.
beyond PR, alphabet, like every other company at or near its size:
* has obviously bribed the current administration
* they can afford a relative slap on the wrist should any financial penalty be imposed
* and of course, NSA letters continue to allow the federal government to receive whatever data they wish to ask forBecause nobody is forcing you to take a Waymo? I dont think it is as hard to understand.
Its like saying "You dont understand why people arent more upset about spicy food because your stomach cant handle it.."