A woman recently took to social media after discovering that her Audi rental car's dashboard contained a camera recording her every move. It also gave verbal reminders...

A woman recently took to social media after discovering that her Audi rental car’s dashboard contained a camera recording her every move. It also gave verbal reminders…

          • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            7 hours ago

            It’s interesting how many people here don’t seem to have any sort of reservation at all about damaging stuff that doesn’t belong to them. It’s a car that’s been loaned to you for free, that you’re using voluntarily. What exactly makes you feel you have the right to just abuse it?

                • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                  5·
                  6 hours ago

                  There is a significant difference between “property destruction” and “not abiding by the terms of the contract”. IMO this situation would fall under the latter, but watch the video in the linked article first to get the full context.

                  Facts based on the video:

                  1. The vehicle in question was a loaner vehicle from an Audi dealership, so not a “true” rental in that sense.
                  2. As with most loaner cars, these are offered as a convenience for the customer while their car is being serviced or repaired. In this case, her own car was in for a cooling system repair and had already been driving the loaner for a few days before noticing the camera.
                  3. Not everyone immediately notices otherwise “obvious” things like this since, again, this was a loaner car that she was excited to experience. This is stated plainly in the video.
                  4. There is an implication in the video that she was not informed about the camera. We don’t know if she signed any paperwork that stated as much, since that info isn’t given.
                  5. She acknowledges on camera that, had she known about the camera, she would’ve happily paid $700 for a traditional rental.

                  There is some expectation of privacy when inside a vehicle, and that includes rental vehicles. Being recorded by a camera installed in a rental/loaner/whatever vehicle that is lent to you based on a contract, without being informed of said camera, is a massive invasion of privacy, no matter how you slice it.

                  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
                    1·
                    6 hours ago

                    There is a significant difference between “property destruction” and “not abiding by the terms of the contract”. This situation falls under the latter.

                    The suggestion we’re replying to was to burn the fuse, not just pull it. How is that not maliciously damaging property?

                    If you’re that opposed to it, put your money where your mouth is and don’t take the free loaner. She would have seen it the moment she stepped into it, there’s nothing stopping her from returning the car.

                    Objecting to surveillance in public is one thing, objecting to surveillance of private property that’s on loan to you and that you can return at any time is just self entitlement.

        • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
          12·
          12 hours ago

          Pulling a fuse isn’t destroying

          Covering a camera isn’t either

          I will not let a company watch my every move, period

          • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
            5·
            12 hours ago

            Legal liability can result from more than just destruction of property. It’s not her property, there’s likely limits on what she’s allowed to do with it, period.

            I will not let a company watch my every move, period

            Then don’t use somebody else’s car? There’s nothing in the law that says you can use another’s property however you like.