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❯ f -y https://youtu.be/l7VHsDODU7E | f -sp create_story_explanation
# Tesla's Privacy Problem: Your Car Is Watching You, But Who Else Is Watching Through Your Car?
Tesla vehicles are rolling surveillance systems with cameras everywhere, collecting massive amounts of data that might not be as private as the company claims.
- Modern Teslas have up to nine cameras recording everything around and inside your car.
- Tesla claims they only collect your data in limited circumstances like accidents or if you opt-in.
- The company promises any shared data is anonymized, but experts say this anonymization is easily defeated.
- Tesla employees were caught sharing customers' private videos, including footage inside homes and garages.
- A whistleblower leaked 100 gigabytes of internal Tesla data in 2023, exposing sensitive customer information.
- Even if you don't own a Tesla, you might be recorded by Sentry mode when walking past one.
- Police can search your Tesla's data history without a warrant under the "automobile exception."
- Researchers hacked a Tesla Model 3 in under two minutes at a security conference.
- People often forget to wipe their data when selling Teslas, leaving personal information for new owners.
- Mozilla Foundation gave Tesla their worst privacy rating, citing vague policies and concerning practices.
- All modern cars collect data, but Tesla collects more than most with fewer privacy protections.
- You can disable data sharing on your Tesla, but this makes some features less effective.
The privacy tradeoff with Tesla is stark: a smarter car that knows everything about you versus a company with a troubling track record of protecting that information.%
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