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All Cars Sold in the EU Now Require a Camera Aimed at Your Face. It’s Still Not Clear Where That Data Goes (allaboutcookies.org)
submitted 1 day ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1247209/all-cars-sold-in-the-eu-now-require-a-camera-aimed-at-your-face-its-still-not-clear-wher

Starting July 7, 2026, every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera aimed at your face. Glance at your phone, your kids in the back seat, or the radio for too long, and the car will flash a warning light and sound an alert.

Automakers have known this was coming for years. What they, and EU regulators, have never spelled out is what happens to that footage after the alert goes off.

While the intention behind the new system is difficult to dispute, its implementation has raised several concerns. Early real-world testing suggests the distraction warnings can be overly sensitive and potentially distracting.

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[–] m8052@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

What if you tape the camera ?

[–] poopkins@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

I'm speculating wildly, but if the regulations for road sign cameras are anything to go by, the EU will require the car to wail at you every few seconds because it thinks the speed limit on the highway is 40 km/h because it picked up a sign on the offramp you just passed.

[–] Michal@programming.dev 2 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Then some features will likely not work

[–] silicon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago

Time to get to work on emulating a driver sitting in the car doing nothing to fool the computer.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 1 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

Like?

[–] Michal@programming.dev 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I remember saying video on youtube, a guy said his Toyota doesn't recognize his face in sunglasses and shows persistent warning message on the screen. I don't remember details, but possible that adaptive cc won't work, or you can't use infotainment due to the persistent message.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

The car

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Like the ignition. Apparently Meta is subsidising the storage and assessment infrastructure for clip analysis

[–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

This is garbage.

The camera works in real time and doesn't store anything.