Replying to @⁨9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world⁩

With the suite of sensors onboard this is the ideal mobile surviellance platform.

Cameras, Lidar creating a 3D map, EM sensors, likely microphones. All circulating all day long under the guise of providing a service that no one needs or asked for while claiming a safety record that is great until it is not.

Google paved the way with this idea when they created streetview maps 15+ years ago…which just so happened to be mapping wifi APs which is totally a necessary part of providing streetviews.

White Jaguar electric car equipped with autonomous driving sensors, driving on a road with trees and a lamppost in the background, Texas license plate visible.AxiosWaymo blocks ambulance responding to Austin mass shootingThe incident raises questions about whether the cars are equipped to operate near emergency situations.