Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars [Reuters]

[Mach-Lee]

Reuters Special Report: Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars

Naked men, road rage, children getting hit, interesting items in garages, funny dogs, having sex while charging—you name it was likely recorded and shared internally by Tesla employees against company policies.

Tesla recently released a video titled What Happens in Your Tesla, Stays in Your Tesla which is laughable now. I personally think they released that video knowing this report was coming. The fact remains that there is no verification that privacy practices are being enforced. Especially if using FSD Beta, your video will be shared with Tesla, including interior camera footage.

This is one area I can commend Ford, they take user data privacy much more seriously than Tesla. Some of us have signed up for advanced monitoring, but Ford has strict rules on how that data is used and by whom, and camera footage is not remotely collected to my knowledge. It is only able to be physically downloaded after a major crash, which may require a court order depending on local laws.

Teslas have always kinda spooked my out with the feeling that "Elon is watching" since we know he often Tweets critical details very shortly after any controversial Tesla accident. It would not surprise me if Elon has the ability to go in and see video from any Tesla he wants.

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[JohnFoxeSheets]

While I applaud Tesla (and by extension, Musk) for popularizing EVs, the list of reasons to never own one regularly grows.

 

[azerik]

It would not surprise me if Elon has the ability to go in and see video from any Tesla he wants.

Even his garage apparently lol.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

The stalking potential here is just terrifying. And completely unsurprising given the company "leader."

 

[ChasingCoral]

You can now pay extra for privacy. Only Dogecoin accepted.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

You can now pay extra for privacy. Only Dogecoin accepted.

Well, you can pay extra now for privacy in the future, when it's released as Full Privacy Mode...someday.

 

[Pushrods&Capacitors]

Yep. So, now Elon will offer FSP - Full Self Privacy, $15,000.

 

[azerik]

Enhanced Auto Privacy Beta program.

 

[Mach-Lee]

Enhanced Auto Privacy Beta program.

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[AKgrampy]

Remind a me of an old Sci-Fi story. Man selling TVs with 150 channels - each channel was a feed into one of their neighbors houses. Wife just had to have it! Next house the salesman visited he boasted 151 channels!

 

[azerik]

*Requires owner registration

and PaaK but with ELexa always on.
ELexa would like to connect to your neighbors microphone "Allow or Allow"

 

[Deleted member 16048]

I'm not surprised at all by this. The features they built out had no real privacy mindset from he beginning. It was an afterthought and it shows. It's another reason why I didn't select.a Tesla when purchasing. Yes, they forced the others to take EVs seriously and I thank them for pushing that forward, but now it's time for them to get serious about customers. Their leader just isn't what people think he is and it shows with how his companies are run and managed.

 

[mkhuffman]

This is why I will not purchase a Chinese brand car.

 

[shark]

This is why I will not purchase a Chinese brand car.

I wonder how many Chinese-made CCTV cameras there are in the US right now. Probably millions.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I wonder how many Chinese-made CCTV cameras there are in the US right now. Probably millions.

And open circuit (i.e., webcams and security) cams with servers in China. I know with certainty that data from my security cameras are absolutely being uploaded to a server in China...or they would be if I didn't disable that part of their internet service, which produces an "inconvenience" of not being able to access the data while away from home.

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