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

"J. P. Gilliver" <[email protected]> on Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:03:06 +0100
typed in alt.windows7.general  the following:
>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:
>[]
>>>>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?)

	The issue isn't the software, but that something just changed in
my peripheral vision. Talk about distracted driving.  "was that
something important?"
	The car in question was a loaner.  Digital out put every thing.
Speed changes from 60 to 59, 'flicker', time changes 'flicker',
temperature changes 'flicker'. Headlines change, 'flicker'.

>>
>>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.

	I wish I could do the same.  I get the time machine working and
one of the things I will get is a "better" automobile.
>
>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.

	Yeah.

	We're surrounded by computers with other hardware attached.
>>
>)-:
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