For many people, Google controls the entire network stack from their ISP, router, OS, DNS, their browser, all the way down to the platform hosting the content they watch.
Google has captured such a wide part of the Internet that any changes they make will have at least a moderate effect on our lives. Even if we don't use any Google services.
The only thing that can stop them is probably the EU at this point. And I'm sure Google has a plan for that.
Where's the limit on acceptable surveillance on your own property?
Should the state be able to check for unlicensed structures by drone?
What about sending investigators into your backyard? Into your house?
Just because people break rules doesn't give the state the right to inspect their citizens any way they please.
NHTSA estimates that approximately 96 percent of model year 2013 passenger cars and light-duty vehicles were already equipped with EDR capability. The significance of this measure is in the specifics of what data it requires such devices to collect and its guidelines for how the data should be accessed. - Black Box 101: Understanding Event Data Recorders
Event Data Recorder - Supported Vehicle List
I will debate part of what the previous poster said, in that EDRs are technically optional, as there doesn't seem to be any US law that requires them.
But automakers benefit from the data they provide, so I'd expect just about every new car contains one.
We know for a fact Tesla, for example, uses Video Event Data Recorders, and they have near total access to any footage recorded by the vehicle at any time. That's one big reason I'd never buy one.
It's definitely been in their back pocket since the early days at Google.
Your markdown is showing.
As a corporation they are always going to be greedy, but calling them dumb is an extreme underestimation.
I get your analogy.
But are there situations where ABS is less effective than a standard braking system?
All Google domains are transferring to SquareSpace, and you get 1 renewal at the old rate before SquareSpace can charge you whatever they want.
It's a little bit of both, but you're right. Google has had years to improve their algorithms.
But as an advertising company at heart, the more time people waste on those bullshit sites, the more Google profits.
There's definitely a need for regulation, but I'm not going to pretend I know where to begin.
She's speaking to those who get all their "news" from alt-right sources. But if you haven't been paying attention to alt-right media, none of this will make sense.
I'm not sure it's an effective campaign strategy, because as we've seen, the broader public doesn't understand the intended message behind these convoluted narratives. And the people who do understand them were never going to vote for a democrat in the first place.
All a civil war will do is put a bigger boot on all our necks.
Nobody rational wants to see that happen.
Unless you enjoy the thought of American military might amped up to 11 and deployed on it's own citizens.
I'm honestly surprised that people are so partisan, instead of saying "fuck them all, we want change!"
It's 2023 and people are rooting their entire identity based on their political party. It's madness.