My car was in a hit-and-run. Then I learned it recorded the whole thing.
By Geoffrey A. Fowler February 27 The car is becoming a sentry. A chaperone. And a snitch. My parked car got gashed in a hit-and-run two weeks ago. I found a star witness: the car itself. Like mine, your car might have cameras. At least one rearview camera has been required on new American cars since 2018. I drive a Tesla Model 3 that has eight lenses pointing in every direction, which it uses for backing up, parking and cruise control. A year ago, Tesla updated its software to also turn its cameras into a 360-degree video recorder. Even when the car is off. All those digital eyes captured my culprit — a swerving city bus — in remarkable detail. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk calls this function Sentry Mode. I also call it Chaperone Mode and Snitch Mode. I’ve been writing recently about how we don’t drive cars, we drive computers. But this experience opened my eyes. ... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/27/tesla-sentry-mode/ _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list Medianews@etskywarn.net http://etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews_etskywarn.net
