Posted on 04/06/2023 4:59:45 PM PDT by lowbridge
Tesla employees shared customers’ private videos that were captured by the vehicles’ built-in cameras, including “scenes of intimacy,” “sexual wellness items” and a clip of a driver who approached his sedan while completely naked, according to a report.
Nine former Tesla employees at the electric car maker’s Bay Area offices told Reuters that the sensitive video clips, one of which was said to have been taken from the private vehicle of CEO Elon Musk, were shared in an internal messaging system between 2019 and 2022.
One former employee recalled seeing “embarrassing objects,” such as “certain pieces of laundry, certain sexual wellness items … and just private scenes of life that we really were privy to because the car was charging.”
The recordings also showed Tesla drivers in “embarrassing” situations, including road-rage incidents, crashes, and scenarios during which cars were parked and turned off.
“I sometimes wondered if these people know that we’re seeing that,” said one former employee.
“I saw some scandalous stuff sometimes, you know, like I did see scenes of intimacy but not nudity,” said another ex-worker. “And there was just definitely a lot of stuff that like, I wouldn’t want anybody to see about my life.”
“We could see inside people’s garages and their private properties,” a former Tesla employee told Reuters.
“Let’s say that a Tesla customer had something in their garage that was distinctive, you know, people would post those kinds of things.”
Tesla’s “Autopilot” technology relies on a system of cameras and sensitive radars that are designed to gather visual data on the car’s surroundings. One of the cameras, which is aimed toward the interior of the car’s cabin, is said to be able to pick up when a driver is inattentive.
Tesla requires car owners to grant permission on the cars’ touchscreens
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Not sure why ANYONE banging their babe would do it in range of Tesla Cameras...but then again, I never would buy a Tesla.
Hey I charge big money on only fans for people to see me naked. If they captured me I want my money!
LOL
I’m sure a few trans men/women wouldn’t care where they get action...if they could find someone interested.
That’s awful...got any links?
Tesla requires car owners to grant permission on the cars’ touchscreens
I have to wonder why Tesla employees are seeing these things.
Why are employees seeing what is going on in owner's garages?
The only reason that Tesla employees should be looking at what is captured by these cameras is to determine why the auto-drive system did not avoid an accident or some other malfunction of the system.
Anything else is an unnecessary invasion of the customer's privacy not intended by the contract.
No wonder Musk fired a bunch of them.
If this Tesla’s a rocking, don’t come a knocking!
Okay, inadvertent pun...
Dont knock it till ya try it? Er...
Get the DVD Teslas Gone Wind
I guess Tesla’s can ‘break wind’ when they breakdown.
Several years ago, a friend was in an accident. I think it was in his Volt. He was unaware there was a camera facing inside as well as outside, and the entire thing was recorded. The insurance agent downloaded the video and audio and complimented him on his response where he had managed to turn the car, so it didn’t hit head on, but the car was totaled. He was shocked to find out everything he did in the car was being recorded.
Probably, this was in the fine print, and he hadn’t read it. Even though this exonerated him and laid the entire blame on the other vehicle, he wasn’t pleased.
Well, I do like grabbing that stick shift and ... oh .. you said "links", and I read "kinks"! :O :O
Maybe if they put pieces of electrical tape over the camera(s)?
“What you saw in that van was a natural expression of a man’s love for his lady.”
Got to find some way to pass the time while that battery is recharging.
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