Precisely

The situation here is rather bleak really.

Generally these cars have their own always on cellular data connection paid by the manufacturer. So they don’t depend on. Your phone for anything.

What they do is record and transmit any sensor data they can. The sexual activity you mentioned, comes from the sensors in the seats that are required to activate seatbelt warnings, or disable the airbags if a child is in the seat. Data from those pressure sensors can be used to determine if there’s a certain kind of rhythmic motion happening in a given seat.

They also collect any and all data they can from devices they connect to. Like phones. So don’t use carplay, or android auto. Don’t use their app. When using Bluetooth audio don’t give permissions to make calls or access contacts.

It should be possible to physically disable the onboard cellular radio. That will prevent any live data tracking. Exactly how depends on the specific car you’re looking at.

I would assume the dealer can access and download the data manually. Use private non-dealer repair shops for any regular maintance or any repairs possible.

It’ll be easer when you point out they don’t have adds.

Our comments right here on the Fediverse, are a good example.
Lemmy, Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, and numerous others, all use the same open communication standard; Offering very different services and experiences.

Collabra seems close. They do use ODF. And you can host you’re own server.
But they don’t seem to use E2EE. And the collaborative aspect doesn’t apear to be an open standard you can use with different software packages.

Is there an open standard for encrypted asynchronous colabreative document creation and editing?

You’re not alone.

On a good large screen, 1080p is a noticeable upgrade from 720p.
But the distance you’d have to sit at, to get much out of 2160p over 1080p, is just way too close.
However the High Dynamic Range that comes with 4K formats and releases IS a big difference.

On the other hand, storage is pretty cheep. A couple cents per GB really.
But you’re talking more about bandwidth, which can be expensive.

But yeah. You’re not alone.

That was the original idea behind Hulu.
But Netflix had a much better UX and ate their lunch.

It’s more expensive; but look for Digital Signage.

The issue there is that metal unibody deigns, attenuate RF signal strength. While they can work, it is a tradeoff.

That’s the thinking the article is arguing against.

But I do have an example.
High end polycarbonate prescription lenses for glasses.
The high index, thinnest, lightest lenses, are plastic. Not glass.

Edit: Thinking more, I wonder how much more expensive it would be to use the same polycarbonate material on phones.
It would certainly be stronger and less prone to breaking. With good coatings, it would be just as scratch resistant.
It would offer the same premium look and similar feel as glass. Just lighter.

It feels better than doing nothing.
If you can convince yourself you’re not doing nothing.
I’ve never been that good a liar.

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I’m not sure I would say it isn’t possible.
I’m also not sure it’s ever happened.
So I don’t know. It seems possible though.

Where did you see Powderhorn being mad?
All that’s literally there is them thinking the quote was wrong (calling it horseshit), and then realizing they can’t think of an example where it is wrong.

Holding someone accountable is unrelated to being mad at them.
Neither requires the other.

Gratis versus libre

I was an avid Usenet user, until torrents were invented.
I’ve never needed to go back.

As I said, that’s a very different definition of “always”. In fact it’s more like “sometimes”.

Always, would literally mean nobody knows you even exist.
Any knowledge of your existence would mean you’ve lost some privacy.