TikTok/notacargirlreviews
Currently, the car I drive around is old enough that there’s not a camera in sight.
I have to look at things either directly or reflected in glass, like a caveman.
But maybe we shouldn’t be TOO hasty to outfit everything with a lens, as pointed out by TikTok user @notacargirlreviews:
TikTok/notacargirlreviews
“Something I think that should be illegal on cars is the spyware that comes on these brand new vehicles. Rear view cameras, rear view mirrors, whatever.”
TikTok/notacargirlreviews
“Tell me why I’m sitting at a red light last night, stopped in traffic, I’m singing my tunes, I’m in my little press car, I’m enjoying it. I’ve got Apple Carplay running. I take a little glance forward, okay, through a very clear rear windshield, rear window of the car in front of me. What do I see in there? Could literally see all the way to the front to a zoomed in live stream of me sitting back in my car like this. I’m sorry, when did I sign up for the ******* reality show? That is you being able to watch me that closely? Like, sorry, am I the ******* spectacle to your night?”
TikTok/notacargirlreviews
“If you haven’t seen it, these new cameras, they don’t have the same vision as this. Like, obviously it’s a video, so it’s crystal clear. But also look at how far away that view is. Once they are video cameras, they’re zoomed in like three times.”
TikTok/notacargirlreviews
“I don’t think anyone should be able to see me that closely if I’m a full car length, two cars, almost two, four and a half length behind you. You should not be able to see if I have a pimple on my face. I could see me so clearly sitting there in the car. Excuse me.”
TikTok/notacargirlreviews
“Every time I get a car that has that, I make sure it’s turned off, ’cause it makes me uncomfortable. Like it [messes] with my field of vision because it is so zoomed in that I’m like, I actually can’t tell the distance people are behind me. Maybe you adapt after time.”
@notacargirlreviews
Apparently this is a spreading concern.
The idea of privacy really has been slipping away for a while.
And it’s hard to avoid.
What do we do about this on a higher level?
All I ask is that if you’re gonna watch my face and roast me while we’re at a stoplight, be funny about it.
It’s the little things.
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