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Ford Can Lock You Out of Your Own Car (youtu.be)
submitted 2 weeks ago by honesthenery@thelemmy.club to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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Cross posted from https://thelemmy.club/post/48630530

Ford just filed a patent for a truck that monitors your face, your eyes, your emotions, and your "fitness to drive", and won't let you use it if the AI thinks you're not calm enough. You pay for it. You have the title. But Ford decides if you actually get to drive it. Live feeds to insurance companies. Biometric scans running against criminal databases. Microphones capturing every conversation.

This is what happens when the DADSS precedent (mandatory car monitoring for drunk driving) opens the door for scope creep. Manufacturers aren't waiting for public debate. They're filing patents and building the infrastructure right now.

In this episode of The Long Game, we break down Ford's specific patent claims, explore what the monitoring system actually does, and explain why this matters for ownership, disability access, privacy, and your future. This is the second domino. And it's already falling.

πŸ“Œ Sources & Further Reading:

Ford Patent US20240249706A1 β€” patents.google.com/patent/US20240249706A1 Right to Repair Movement & Control β€” eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/right-repair-movement-and-threat-right-manipulate John Deere Right to Repair Fight β€” eff.org/news/right-repair-fight-expanding Facial Recognition Bias Study β€” nytimes.com/2018/02/09/technology/facial-recognition-race-bias.html BMW Heated Seats Subscription β€” theverge.com/2022/7/12/23211500/bmw-subscription-fee-heated-seats-us-plans

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 46 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So you are out camping far out in the woods, you have brought your children, who are enjoying themselves.

Suddenly you hear a scream and see your child lying on the ground bleeding, you feel the adrenaline, and start to panic, but manage to keep it together, you figure out the injury they fell from a tree and hit their head on a rock.

You call the emergency number, the operator tells you to start taking the child toa hospital, and that an ambulance will meet you up on the way.

You get into your new Ford pickup, carefully secure the child into the backseat.

You get into drive, and the car refuses to engage drive, your semi panicked state has had the computer define you as not being fit for driving...

[–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@stoy@lemmy.zip for president! πŸ–οΈ

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, I would be a shit president.

[–] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 4 points 2 weeks ago

We're used to that.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Guess people are going to stop buying Fords now.

And they fucking derserve to go under for this dystopian bullshit

[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All cars today spy on you and all of them report back to insurance. At least whatever is available new in the US anyway.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Not to this degree

[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

also cops are able to turn off your vehicles engine by calling onstar

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ford doesn't use OnStar.

Cops may or may not be able to do the same thing with Ford vehicles, but not this specifically.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 weeks ago

Not mine... 😁

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Get a Flipper Zero and unlock it right back. A student of mine purchased herself a Flipper Zero, and then challenged our schools administrator that she could unlock his Tesla with it. Took my student less than 10 minutes to get in.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this like the urban legend that you could unlock your car over a cell phone call?

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Nope, I actually watched it happen. I didn't believe it was possible until i saw it. It wasn't a blind hack though, she had to borrow the real key first and read it from the flipper.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Ahhhh, there it is. Needed the real key first. At that point all bets are off if you have physical access.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I guess you get what you deserve if you buy this.

It’s horrible that it exists, though.

[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

absolutely not. Nobody deserves this. This kind of thing should be illegal by itself and blaming the consumer (most of whom don't KNOW it's happening) is a childish view of the problem

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 weeks ago

If they don't know that's on them for buying the latest cool thing without researching it.

But I also agree this shit should be illegal.

[–] honesthenery@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 weeks ago

Billionares have more leverage these daze and it just shows how far they are willing to go. I do understand your point but I think it to be wise prepare and be hyper vigilant. As these most anti socials race for their hellish IP, they know that if I don't do it some one else will. Then they will lose their market share if they don't. This will become the new norm as well as really smart people driving older cars. like old is the new new. As power consolidates so does the choices

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

And here I am looking fondly at a beautifully restored 1986 F-150 flatbed on FB Marketplace. Ain’t no way they’re gonna fuck with me through that thing.