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If I was a pilot I'd hate to be constantly surveilled by a camera, even if the footage is "never reviewed". In fact, it's got nothing to do with being a pilot.

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If I was a private pilot, sure (and I am one). If I am a commercial pilot ferrying hundreds of passengers or millions of dollars worth of cargo, I'm no different from a public transit employee (or a public employee for that matter), in which case I damn well have to put up with being surveilled on camera.

>even if the footage is "never reviewed"

Why the scare quotes? It would be literally never reviewed unless incident occurs, as it would be on overwriting loop.

I don't even see why it would be network connected. You could make it in such a way that the only method to view the video is to open the black box.

I can see the privacy issue, but your voice is already recorded. A camera wouldn't infringe that much more on your privacy...

Don't buy a Tesla then. They have cameras pointing at you and recording while driving.

So do taxis, and any other car with driver assistance (though those don't save the video, they just watch if your hands are on the wheel.)

> Don't buy a Tesla then

Way ahead of you on that one.

That’s opt-in, at least in the US, and for the moment.

(Just curious) what features become unavailable when you opt out? Or in other words, why would anyone opt in?

I didn’t look too closely, since I just wanted to make sure it was off, but iirc they said they only upload the footage around the time of a crash to see how effective the safety systems were, and to get a sense of what to improve”. Basically one of those “please waive your privacy in the name of science” types of deals. Didn’t dig through any privacy policies, though, I’m sure Googling will yield a better answer.

I'm not gonna?

Haha. Even public transport has had cameras for years.

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