"Their cars monitor and record conversations, video, one company even claims the right to collect DNA."
As responsible adults, given the current lack of 'Truthiness,' I think it is incumbent upon the author to include a link to the "reliable source(s)" for his assertion - esp the bit about DNA.
As to the hacking comment "I wonder how long before someone hacks into a car and shuts it down . . . " I do believe that has been demonstrated some years ago - but a link wouldn't be out of the question.
In the alternative, revise the claims by adding a couple of words - maybe a preface of "I believe" to the "
one company even claims the right to collect DNA."
As in "I don't believe immigrants in Ohio were "eating the cats, eating the dogs, eating the pets of the people that lived there."
Further, it would be great if an Electronics Focused Group was able to divine and publish hacks that would allow owners to disable this feature or that much as 'the community' has discovered ways to disable (reprogram) this annoying key or that on my Windows Laptop.
One of our vehicles had the ability to send location data to the dealer/company application whenever I pressed the "PANIC" button. Something I did a few times when I forgot what the aisle I'd left the thing in looked like from the perspective of the store I'd, just moments ago, gone into.? Sometimes, after I park, the cars around mine move about while I'm in the store - maddening!? There oughta be a law!
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Gooey