Teslas monitor everything – including you [video] from WIRED

Re:Teslas monitor everything – including you [video] from WIRED by lnsru on Thursday February 27, 2025 @04:06AM (#43192584)

Ok, my old model Y has a camera inside to monitor me. 1€ AliExpress camera cover gave my privacy back. The new model y has a radar. So it will monitor not only my presence, but also my vital parameters as well as vital parameters of all passengers. No radar cover invented for that yet… it’s a bit too much. And since it’s already there it will be abused. That’s the path with all the technology.

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Re:Teslas monitor everything – including you [video] from WIRED by genewitch on Thursday February 27, 2025 @04:22AM (#43192654)

Aluminum foil ought work

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Re:Teslas monitor everything – including you [video] from WIRED by lnsru on Thursday February 27, 2025 @06:12AM (#43193298)

Probably not. Proper grounding and good shielding is needed. Eventually you can use conductive glue and attach the foil to the pcb (my guess is that Tesla uses low cost printed circuit board antenna, haven’t seen it yet) antenna directly messing its geometry and transmission characteristics.

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Re:Teslas monitor everything – including you [video] from WIRED by genewitch on Thursday February 27, 2025 @01:16PM (#43196891)

you don't need to ground it i don't think. it will just create a "hole" in the radar's vision. Imagine holding a dental mirror in front of your eyeball.

you need a faraday cage to prevent any signal from getting in or out; but that's not the goal here.

this is more like sticking a piece of tape on your laptop camera.

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Re:Teslas monitor everything – including you [video] from WIRED by amelius on Thursday February 27, 2025 @04:32AM (#43192703)

But what if the car refuses to start without vital parameters?

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Re:Teslas monitor everything – including you [video] from WIRED by Ylpertnodi on Thursday February 27, 2025 @04:48AM (#43192788)

A captcha on the driver window.

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Re:Teslas monitor everything – including you [video] from WIRED by stvltvs on Thursday February 27, 2025 @09:54AM (#43194883)

Does it have a microphone? I don't know the answer, but inside the car, I'd be more worried about capturing conversations than the camera.

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