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Ford seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve ads (therecord.media)

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[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol if I ever own a vehicle that uses this shit I will 100% rip the microphone out of that motherfucker. Fuck you Ford.

[–] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Watch them put a fucking kill switch in it for people who do this. “This vehicle cannot safely operate due to damaged components “

Someone patented some shit, I think Sony maybe, where the tv would detect if you were making eye contact to continue playing the ad. I saw another where you would have to say the name of the product out loud to make the ad go away and play your show.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fuck it, I’m riding my bike then.

[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe this is the catalyst that the fuck cars movement needs. Public transit here I come