I mean, maybe someone *could* both steal your OBD data *and* sexually assault you in an empty parking garage. Are these things connected? Maybe, maybe not. But they could both happen. And then insert a “We’re just asking questions here.”

THEY WERE CALLING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE.

Doesn’t mean he’s wrong.  This is a federal issue and they’re sitting on their nuts.

I like the idea of “dumb” stuff that requires a physical interface to compromise as much as the next person, but this box is open and it’s not getting closed.

I like that “mfrs” can stand for manufactures or motherf*ckers; and both are correct.

I mean... how much is the discount?

I got a poll phone call for this, and the bias in it couldn’t have been more obvious. They wanted to try and make sure I know that I will be attacked/stalked, have my identity stolen, allow pedophiles to know where my (non-existent) children frequent, be blackmailed by “hackers” and China, and worse. It was the worst p…

Yeah, because your tiny and understaffed federal agency that totally isn’t subject to political whim will be all over that. -signed employee of similar regulatory agency 

The last time I was in Boston I heard a radio ad that was fear-mongering against the scary robotic self-checkout machines:

I was going to say this. It’s straight out of the GOP playbook.

That totally explains it!! This guy was stalking me for about a week. He finally caught up with me and whispered in my ear, “P0103, You have a problem with your mass air flow sensor”. True story!

That overwrought commercial states that “a sexual predator could use the data to stalk their victims,” and “pinpoint exactly where you are...if you’re alone” and “even take control of your vehicle.”

Though I don’t live in MA, I see the commercials from the Boston stations. The first time I saw one of the “stalking” ads, I thought, “did I miss something?” The second time I saw the ad I realized it’s the auto manufacturers introducing fear and a lot of BS into the equation. (The fact that I’ve bought more than one…

Most people are irrational and vote based on emotion. Very few people make decisions based on facts and even fewer make decisions based solely on objective facts and without consideration of any emotions. Fear is a one of the most powerful emotions and quite easy to invoke. Humans are complex and very complicated…

This should be a federal consumer protection law.

By the logic presented in the ads, a dealer tech could also stalk you, break into your home, and try to yell you that you need more repairs than you actually do.

Never before Far Cry 5 have I actively avoided a game’s story harder... Or at all, really.

Their sales are down and they are laser focusing on the 30 something, conservative, white male gamer that has been their core constituency for the last 20 years and figuring they will sell more to those people than they will lose in people walking away. I don’t think that assumption is correct, but I think that’s…

There are certainly left wing or politically neutral conspiracy theories out there, but the specific ones that this game seems to be basing its plot on are ones that are almost exclusively believed by the far right, essentially that all protests aren’t ordinary people upset about injustices, but are all actors being…

I think that once you start suggesting that you think people not wanting to be murdered by government-sanctioned organizations for the color of their skin could be part of a conspiracy...... you’re opening yourself up to be lumped in with any number of nutters out there.