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Interesting considering I've not been happy about the lack of privacy regarding driving/location metrics by Tesla automobiles. Has that improved any?


There is a very big difference in the privacy problems posed by Facebook compared to Tesla. Equating the two is a clear false equivalence.

Edit: I'm no longer allowed to post on HN. I guess my posts are considered low-quality and not welcome here. Here is my response to the comment below, regardless. Thanks for continually banning me, downvoters.

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> Why does that bother you?

Because you exclusively use logical fallacies in these posts to make points that make no logical sense.

> whether Tesla will start caring about privacy as well

This implies Tesla does not care about privacy. That simply is not true. If you have a concern, voice it in some logical manner, not in some accusatory already-made-up-your-mind tone about how so-and-so doesn't care about your privacy.

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Edit 2: Does Elon really babble on Twitter about people's speeds and driving locations? I don't think so. And surely if you drive a car then you know that the people in the city/state/federal government offices and other tracking corporations also know where you go at all times anyway. Having a Tesla and driving it does not meaningfully invade your privacy in any fashion more than driving any other car does.


I think it's worth bringing up, one of the reasons I didn't buy a Tesla was because I didn't want the CEO immediately blabbing all over twitter about exactly how fast I was driving or how many times I left my lane if there happened to be some sort of accident.

They seem to take the same attitude as Facebook, mainly: we own all your data and you have zero rights to anything in the car.


I didn't "equate" them, but asked a question regarding whether Tesla will start caring about privacy as well. Why does that bother you? You seem to be angry about it.

> Having a Tesla and driving it does not meaningfully invade your privacy in any fashion more…

They track you by the millisecond versus a few times a day, perhaps you are not aware of the details:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/03/the-custo...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/02/19/the-big-...

Basically Tesla uses your driving metrics against you when they choose to, but will not release the information to help you. It has been a lose-lose situation for the consumer. I'd heard they might give the ability to disable it, but details are hard to find to nonexistent.




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