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Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded across the US (techcrunch.com)
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[+] -7 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Only those cars that needed a breathalyzer for reasons.

Not much of a loss, I'd say.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Per bidens Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, that's going to be every new car starting this year

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Not sure how I didn't hear of this already. Apparently it's not necessarily a breathalyzer, but the proposals include a camera facing the driver to monitor them and passive monitoring of the air in the car.

    I don't drunk drive and barely even drink, but that's horrifying. I can't believe this went under the radar for me.

    More garbage that is going to break and cost thousands of dollars to fix in addition to all the violations of privacy. Cars are already advertising to people. Can you imagine if they put a camera inside the vehicle? Why not invest in public transit? That's a great way to decrease impaired drivers of all stripes as well as help people in general. All this does is funnel more money into auto makers. I am so upset that this is the first I'm hearing of it.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago

    Can you imagine if they put a camera inside the vehicle?

    There are already cameras inside most new cars, but the purpose is to see if you're nodding off when driving and such. It's a good thing to keep unsafe drivers off the road. The bad thing is the lack of privacy regulation.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Passive systems, not a breathalyzer. Still fucking stupid but one can disable the cameras or stop the vehicle from phoning home. They won't be able to disable your vehicle remotely and it appears to be more a while driving thing rather than a before driving thing.

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