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I wish there was something like a data sinkhole you could add to a car. That would be cool.

Oops, I plugged a device into the CAN bus that pretends to be the router so it can't communicate out

Politics proceeds slowly. The first step for a tech aware politician like Sen. Markey is to raise awareness of the issues with his colleagues who otherwise have many other priorities. That's how laws get passed.

You are unbelievably naive if you think politicians are merely limited by their "awareness."

Step 1: "Raise awareness" of the issue

Step 2: Assure donors there are no more steps

That's how laws don't get passed.

Yes, before we have the facts we should try for sweeping laws that won't pass or pass but are easily flouted.

US Companies: "You think privacy laws are a good idea right" We'll finance your re-election if you stop that"

Laws are regulations are mandating data collection.

What we actually need is their absence.