<![CDATA[The @EUCommission wants to combat distracted driving.]]>The @EUCommission wants to combat distracted driving. Starting this month, new ship with an obligatory driver-facing camera that scrutinizes eye movements [1].

The law mandates recordings be only used to minimize harm on the road. Yet time and time again, we've seen tech companies knowingly break laws. It's often just the cost of doing business.

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/tastyraspberry/statuses/117127536555716064https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/tastyraspberry/statuses/117127536555716064Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:12:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The @EUCommission wants to combat distracted driving. on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:06:28 GMT]]>Sources:

[1]: https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-mandates-driver-facing-cameras-in-new-cars-from-today

[2]:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/post-american-canada/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/tastyraspberry/statuses/117127511338440885https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/tastyraspberry/statuses/117127511338440885Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:06:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The @EUCommission wants to combat distracted driving. on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:06:18 GMT]]>The argument to require car manufacturers to software for sensitive systems like this has never been stronger.

@edri we have a game plan for this?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/tastyraspberry/statuses/117127510667522358https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/tastyraspberry/statuses/117127510667522358Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:06:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The @EUCommission wants to combat distracted driving. on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:06:03 GMT]]>But this is an opportunity. As @pluralistic writes:

"No one gets to keep the math used to calculate the load stresses on the joists holding the roof over our head a secret. We wouldn't tolerate secrecy in the characteristics of the alloys in those joists, or even the wires carrying electricity through the walls. We should not tolerate secrecy in how our digital infrastructure works, either." [2]

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/tastyraspberry/statuses/117127509697688782https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/tastyraspberry/statuses/117127509697688782Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:06:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The @EUCommission wants to combat distracted driving. on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:04:58 GMT]]>And it's a hell of a slippery slope:

"Once the lens is in and the software is running, the open question stops being whether cars can watch their occupants and turns into what else that watching should cover." [1]

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