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Your car’s tire sensors could be used to track you (networks.imdea.org)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Delilah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Legal != effective or ethical, that is an unbelievably stupid argument for TPMS.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

LOL who said anything about ethics? This is an unbelievably stupid strawman.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

indeed, you said this:

The fact that it was legally mandated is good evidence that it is.

but their point was laws are not always made with good intentions and safety in mind. that's not to say TPMS is required for secret surveillance, but that there being a law for it does not immediately mean there's good purpose for that law.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 0 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

indeed, you said this

Indeed, that had nothing to do with ethics.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

yes it has, when a law not only just does not have good purpose, but even malicious, but even when the added safety is not outweighed by the bad things it does

[–] __hetz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Do you believe law and ethics are separable? Does your "these systems save lives" not speak to the very reasoning employed to codify an ethical position into the law of the land?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 14 hours ago

Why are we still talking about ethics? I'm not going to entertain this strawman any further.