Next they are going to put cameras in your car and record what you do, to makes sure you are not talking on your cell phone, shaving, eating, drinking coffee, while in your car.
Then come the recorders and cameras in your home, to make sure you are eating healthy and exercizing.
1984 only missed it by 20 years.
I've got a different philosophy on this one. A five thousand volt jolt from my livestock fence charger will make short life of any such device. Unless it's an in series link to the car's ignition system, it's toast. That or you can remove it and keep it powered while it sits in your closet for a decade, skewing the numbers of data collection once you put it back into the car before trading it in or selling it.
Yeah, but it's for our own good.
It sure looks like it.
It is all an extension of allowing the cell phone regulation in you auto.