As far as I know, don’t all modern cars have the telemetry and computer crap, and you can’t opt out unless you buy something old and hope to god it never breaks in some unrepairable, must-scrap-and-buy-new way? The old cars we can use now to escape all the telemetry will eventually break beyond a repairable state and no new cars like that are being produced (again as far as I know), so all that is left is the existing selection with it. And once it gets to that point, not all of us are rich enough or without connections tying us to a local place such that we can say “then just fuck cars, time to move somewhere with really good public transit” to escape car surveillance hell. At some point the consumer is out of choices unless they want to build a car themselves. I get your sentiment while non-surveillance-capitalism alternatives exist and can be bought, but as these alternatives dwindle I’d rather move away from the “stupid fucking consumer lol, just buy smart” mindset.
Besides, I’ve never been of the opinion that people being victimized should be blamed for it. Yes, I probably should remember to lock my door as a matter of practicality because thieves exist, but if I forget and get robbed one day I hope people would blame the robber for doing that instead of me for failing to do due diligence. Besides, with so many threats in the world and the fact that humanity is fallible, with smart scambaiter types also getting scammed from time to time, I really don’t want to turn to a “blame the stupid person who fell for it/bought the surveillance capitalism thing” mindset. Just because I am smart enough in the tech realm to know of the problem and a bit of how to defend myself does not mean everyone else is knowledgeable here, and I’m probably vulnerable in other areas I know less of. You should not have to become knowledgeable of every possible threat in every possible realm and take every possible countermeasure to be deserving of safety or nonviolation.
Hurray for my stupid fridge, may you continue to function and for more fridges like you be created.
As far as I know, don’t all modern cars have the telemetry and computer crap, and you can’t opt out unless you buy something old and hope to god it never breaks in some unrepairable, must-scrap-and-buy-new way? The old cars we can use now to escape all the telemetry will eventually break beyond a repairable state and no new cars like that are being produced (again as far as I know), so all that is left is the existing selection with it. And once it gets to that point, not all of us are rich enough or without connections tying us to a local place such that we can say “then just fuck cars, time to move somewhere with really good public transit” to escape car surveillance hell. At some point the consumer is out of choices unless they want to build a car themselves. I get your sentiment while non-surveillance-capitalism alternatives exist and can be bought, but as these alternatives dwindle I’d rather move away from the “stupid fucking consumer lol, just buy smart” mindset.
Besides, I’ve never been of the opinion that people being victimized should be blamed for it. Yes, I probably should remember to lock my door as a matter of practicality because thieves exist, but if I forget and get robbed one day I hope people would blame the robber for doing that instead of me for failing to do due diligence. Besides, with so many threats in the world and the fact that humanity is fallible, with smart scambaiter types also getting scammed from time to time, I really don’t want to turn to a “blame the stupid person who fell for it/bought the surveillance capitalism thing” mindset. Just because I am smart enough in the tech realm to know of the problem and a bit of how to defend myself does not mean everyone else is knowledgeable here, and I’m probably vulnerable in other areas I know less of. You should not have to become knowledgeable of every possible threat in every possible realm and take every possible countermeasure to be deserving of safety or nonviolation.
Hurray for my stupid fridge, may you continue to function and for more fridges like you be created.