So now the state owns Bird and the others.

There had to be something. Batteries well catch fire but not explode. But it is all speculating we well never know.

Yah my mechanic us downloading the data. Dealership maybe but mechanic come on.

Are we sure that is the only way for it to communicate with the internets/phones, rf receivers, etc?

I just got a harness adapter that disables the radio in my car without any side effects.

Breaking Points frequently has Dropsite journalists on (and employ one)

There's also Lineage OS. I don't know how good it is, but it supports tons of devices.

I think it was all being done covertly and obfuscated within bajillions of pages of constant terms of service and privacy policies that nobody has time to read. By the time everyone figured it out, they were addicted to the convenience of the tech and then when the Overton window was shifted it just got worse.

The number of people who do not understand that individuals don't need to sit and watch each camera feed for the surveillance to be dangerous is alarming. People dont understand pattern recognition algos, data science, or that everything is stored for later use.