But there indeed do exist cars that do that, so, technically he’s correct. There’s other cars that don’t have self driving but can be hacked and remotely disabled while driving, IIRC the video I watched like, 4y(?) ago was some random Jeep SUV, they shut it down while it was driving on the highway. The video cameras are also not super cool, there have been cases of Tesla employees using them to spy on people (who, iirc, were fucking in a Tesla), the computer in the dash (as well as the cameras) are reporting your driving habits (selling your data) to your insurance companies so they can raise your rates, Ford (iirc) recently patented a driver facing camera that “detects if you’re drunk or agitated” which, of course drunk driving is bad, but that’s too invasive of a measure for me, personally.

And as self driving mode becomes more prevalent, that means it will be more models that actually can do the exact phrasing you’re picking apart, he’s still not wrong, he’s just a little early on that one part.

It really is a significant issue, and only getting worse.