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#Pluralistic : Tesla accused of hacking odometers to weasel out of warranty repairs

《[...] the plaintiff noticed that the odometer readings for his identical daily drive were going up by ever-larger increments. This wasn't exactly subtle: he was driving 20 miles per day, but the odometer was clocking 72.35 miles/day.》

pluralistic.net/2025/04/15/mus

pluralistic.netPluralistic: Tesla accused of hacking odometers to weasel out of warranty repairs (15 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

#Pluralistic : Anyone who trusts an #AI #therapist needs their head examined – Daily links from #CoryDoctorrow

Surprise, surprise, it's a bad idea! Therapy needs trust. Maybe you can build some trust for a AI machine - in a weird kind of mental stunt. But you can't trust the companies behind AI!

»These companies lie all the time about everything, but the thing they lie most about is how they handle sensitive data.«

pluralistic.net/2025/04/01/doc

pluralistic.netPluralistic: Anyone who trusts an AI therapist needs their head examined (01 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow