Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>RANT: Yet another reason why I'll never buy a new car in my life</p><ul><li><p>I had a rental (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Peugeot2008" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peugeot2008</span></a>) which is one of these garbage <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Crossover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crossover</span></a>" / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SuperUselessVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperUselessVehicles</span></a></em> that are <em>PHAT</em> outside but crammed af inside due to a needlessly <em>W I D E</em> center console and barely adjustable driver seat and steering wheel.</p></li><li><p>This car is basically impossible to reverse without staring at it's backup camera as it has a giant-ass deadzone behind it.</p></li><li><p>It's shitty front allows children to hide even easier than the rear and makes parking even more stressful</p></li></ul><p>But what made my blood boil is the obnoxiousness with which it's shitty tablet decided to randomly (!), whilst driving >50km/h to just pop up a demand for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tracking</span></a> bs, offering only "allow" and "later" instead of a "no thanks" / "don't ask me again" option.</p><ul><li><p>Shit like this can literally <em>kill</em> people as they fiddle around trying to dismiss it.</p></li><li><p>I had it pop up 2x (!) within 5 mins (!!) on the same (!!!) trip [not pulling ignition key!] And at the 2nd time decided to pull over to document this shit.</p></li></ul><p>This kind of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> in the form of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Car</span></a> comitting an <em>"Exhaustion Attack"</em> against it's <em>own driver</em> needs to be outlawed, not mandated!</p><p>Cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@bmdv" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bmdv</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@EU_Commission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EU_Commission</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Peugeot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peugeot</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cars</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Downgrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downgrade</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Downdate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downdate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DarkPatterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPatterns</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ExhaustionAttack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExhaustionAttack</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a></p>