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All Cars Sold in the EU Now Require a Camera Aimed at Your Face. It’s Still Not Clear Where That Data Goes (allaboutcookies.org)
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Starting July 7, 2026, every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera aimed at your face. Glance at your phone, your kids in the back seat, or the radio for too long, and the car will flash a warning light and sound an alert.

Automakers have known this was coming for years. What they, and EU regulators, have never spelled out is what happens to that footage after the alert goes off.

While the intention behind the new system is difficult to dispute, its implementation has raised several concerns. Early real-world testing suggests the distraction warnings can be overly sensitive and potentially distracting.

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[–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

Just because the baseline has shifted doesn't mean the change never happened , it just means we collectively haven't noticed as much as we could have, because the change sometimes happens at a timeframe larger than our collective memory.

That the "absolute worst" didn't come to pass doesn't negate the change that did occur.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Just because the baseline has shifted doesn’t mean the change never happened

    There can and will be change, sure, but my point was that OP's "smalls steps towards something much worse" typically never happens because of the shift.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    The "small steps" comment was me.

    The shift described in the overton window is the shift in the perception of normal.

    If 5 steps down are taken, then the window shifts, followed by another 5 downward steps, you're still down 10 steps from where you started.

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