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 (DIR) Post #B9Z8210a99rd3WD9xQ by tastyraspberry@mastodon.online
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       The @EUCommission wants to combat distracted driving. Starting this month, new #cars ship with an obligatory driver-facing camera that scrutinizes eye movements [1].The law mandates recordings be only used to minimize harm on the road. Yet time and time again, we've seen tech companies knowingly break laws. It's often just the cost of doing business.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Z821FTFnm1nhB3AG by tastyraspberry@mastodon.online
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       And it's a hell of a slippery slope:"Once the lens is in and the software is running, the open question stops being whether cars can watch their occupants and turns into what else that watching should cover." [1]
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Z821UMMRgQXs8wN6 by tastyraspberry@mastodon.online
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       But this is an opportunity. As @pluralistic writes:"No one gets to keep the math used to calculate the load stresses on the joists holding the roof over our head a secret. We wouldn't tolerate secrecy in the characteristics of the alloys in those joists, or even the wires carrying electricity through the walls. We should not tolerate secrecy in how our digital infrastructure works, either." [2]
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Z821jbRlsPJ9H78C by tastyraspberry@mastodon.online
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       The argument to require car manufacturers to #opensource software for sensitive systems like this has never been stronger.@edri we have a game plan for this?
       
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       CC: @fsfe @fight @bitsoffreedom  @LaQuadrature
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Z8235GQinVUcPvX6 by tastyraspberry@mastodon.online
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       Sources:[1]: https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-mandates-driver-facing-cameras-in-new-cars-from-today[2]:https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/post-american-canada/
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Z83rUIW1N26gzV6O by aetios@sns.minovsky.space
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       @tastyraspberry @edri Be curious too to hear about this!