Are Tesla’s Cameras a Threat To Our Privacy?

“I love that my car recorded a hit-and-run on my behalf,” writes a technology columnist at the Washington Post. “Yet I’m scared we’re not ready for the ways cameras pointed inside and outside vehicles will change the open road…” Long-time Slashdot reader Strudelkugel shared the Post’s report:
It’s not just crashes that will be different. Once governments, companies and parents get their…

Is a $1000 Aftermarket Add-On As Capable As Tesla’s Autopilot and Cadillac’s Super Cruise?

Car and Driver tested a $1,000 aftermarket autonomous driving add-on from Comma.ai against the best factory systems currently on the market. Slashdot reader schwit1 shares the report: If the self-driving car is the promised land, then today’s ever proliferating driver-assist features are the desert. Diminished claims and “it’s harder than we thought” mea culpas from self-driving’s loudest advocates suggest we’ll be…