OT: Cars (was: Re: DuckDuckGo Browser Info?)

In message <[email protected]> at Wed, 19 Jun 
2024 20:01:54, [email protected] writes
>On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:43:49 -0700, pyotr filipivich
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>[email protected] on Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:50:18 -0500 typed in
>>alt.windows7.general  the following:
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>>>Damn lucky I don't have to be a software tekkie to drive a car - yet,
>>>that is. But from what I'm hearing from some of my acquaintances who
>>>have bought new cars, those days may be over. Either that, or they're
>>>trying to scare the hell outta me.
>>
>>      I find it "fascinating" how I can't use a phone while I'm driving,
>>but there is a touch screen interface I must use to control the
>>AC/heater, navigation,  control the lights, wipers, make a 'hands
>>free' phone call once I've connected my phone to the car, use the dash
>>board infotainment system, all the while it's updating time, weather,
>>direction, game scores and headlines.  Whether I want that flickering
>>in my peripheral vision or not.
>>>
Presumably it's the updating that's the flickering, not the backlight. 
(Can you set it to something that isn't updating, or does it revert 
after a while?)
>
>I'm going to stick with my 16-year-old Kia.
>
>If I had realized a number of years back what was coming, I would have
>picked up another good used car.  Fortunately, our Kia - kept in good
>repair by a great shop, will be our car for the few years we have
>left. Never will I drive that spyware crap that cars have become.

Certainly my feeling, but I fear UK legislation may - by back-door means 
- make it impossible. It may - as I say, by backdoor means - make it 
illegal to disable the mobile (US: cellular) connection; and/or, make it 
illegal (or, at least in practice suppressable) for people to post on 
YouTube etc. where the cellular SIM or transponder actually _is_.
>
>Cars - Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy
>https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-offici
>al-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy>/
>
>It's unbelievable the legal jeopardy one now places themselves in when
>driving one of those new evil machines.
>
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