Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Zack WhittakerNew, by me: A cyberattack on a vehicle breathalyzer company called Intoxalock has left drivers across the United States stranded and unable to start their cars.
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That's fine, they will be able to just use the robust public transportation system ðŸ«
That's fine, they will be able to just use the robust public transportation system ðŸ«
Cassandrich@zackwhittaker Why would you design a mechanism like this to phone home at all? That's just malicious.
There's no reason the thing can't be local-only. Make it physically tamper-resistant and such that attempted tampering destroys key material so that it can't be used or made to look untampered again afterwards. Then it can just be validated when it's returned at the end of court-ordered monitoring or if there's suspicion of tampering.
Neil E. Hodges@dalias @zackwhittaker If you think that's bad…
Your Next Car Will Watch Your Eyes — State of Surveillance
Congress mandated in 2021 that all new cars include "advanced impaired driving prevention technology" by 2027. The tech includes infrared cameras that track your eyes, pupil dilation, and driving behavior. NHTSA missed its deadline to finalize rules because no current system meets the required 99.9% accuracy—even that level would strand tens of millions of sober drivers per year.What Congress Passed
Section 24220 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed by President Biden in November 2021, directed NHTSA to finalize rules requiring "passive" impaired driving detection in all new passenger vehicles carrying 12 or fewer people. The original deadline was November 2024. It passed without action.
The law defines the technology as systems that either:
- Passively monitor driver performance to identify impairment and prevent vehicle operation
- Passively detect blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit
- Both of the above
The word "passive" is key. These systems must work without any action from the driver. No blowing into a breathalyzer. No touching a sensor. Just constant, invisible monitoring.
Your Next Car Will Watch Your Eyes: Federal Surveillance Tech Mandatory by 2027 - State of Surveillance
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act requires all new cars to include impaired driving prevention technology by 2027. Infrared cameras will track your eyes, pupils, and driving behavior. NHTSA admits no system meets accuracy standards yet.
@tk @zackwhittaker Yeah I've heard. It'll be interesting to see how people react to deployment of that shit.
Absolutely no way I am letting model for how normies' faces are supposed to look and react watch mine and judge me based on it.
(Or worse, exfiltrate private video of me to further train that bs.)
But I don't think I'd be in that position anyway except maybe in a rental car since I have no intention of ever buying a vehicle made after 2015 or so (or really ever buying a car again at all).
@tk @zackwhittaker I find the whole plan rather farcical though. Like, how do they intend for it to work with sunglasses, which a large portion of the driving population uses to deal with sunlight sensitivity? With sunglasses and a KN95, what can it see of your face at all? Is it supposed to make you stop the car until you take them off?
@dalias @zackwhittaker I really hope they aren't effectively trying to ban sunglasses and masks from cars. :(
khmNobody cares if the tech actually works toward the stated goal. It's a smokescreen to remove liability for tracking and data collection. Among MADD's biggest sponsors are Uber and Flock: the money that made this happen is surveillance tech.
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