Exactly. Today you can enter Jan 1 1800 and it will take it. That's not the problem.
The real problem is the precedence it sets. An asinine rule gets passed and companies adhere to it, meaning they are enforcers.
Tomorrow when laws require real verification, like ID scan then they've already agreed to be the gate keeper for said asinine laws. It's harder to back out at that point.
It's all surveillance and it should be stopped.
See...the "problem" with this is that it's work.
Its not work to say no. Its work for all the stuff leading up to that. You had to think about how you want your files stored, organized, and backed up. You had to think about how you wanted to access it all and from where. Then you had to set all that stuff up to work.
The vast majority of people don't do this. Partly for not knowing how to but mostly for not wanting to try to figure out a system that works for them.
They just want things to work when they need them and not think about it at any other time. Gee, I wonder what could ever go wrong with that mentality.
And I don't want to blame the victim here, because the root of this particular story still doesn't change.
But there is a little bit of self responsibility that needs to be had. If you give big tech all the controls, you are at their mercy to what they do. But to have any semblance of control yourself, you need to take it. Then you have the power to say no.
The best time to plant a tree was 30 years ago. The second best time is today.
Well crap, that's not a cheap solution but I'm glad you commented because I didn't know these Autel sensors existed and that you could reprogram them. I mean, this threat is semi hypothetical right now (not like it's been used in the wild by authorities or anything) but one day it might be. Continual reprogramming would be a valid solution.