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Thought y'all might find this interesting, if you like automotive tech.

We all know automakers want to keep tabs on their cars. Stolen vehicle tracking? Sure. Fleet management? Fine. Microphone eavesdropping to serve more ads? Hate it, but OK, that’s a thing.

Hold onto your tin-foil hats: Ford just published a patent for something that takes vehicle tracking into full-blown Twilight Zone territory.

(If this sort of post is unwelcome, just let me know and I can remove it, or y'all can remove it with no worries.)

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[-] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

Is that why people randomly flash their lights at me? I just thought they were assholes.

[-] Bldck@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

That or you’re driving after dark with your lights off 😅

[-] algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

You probably need to adjust your headlights, or take out the HIDs if you have reflectors

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