I have to admit when republicans vote in blocks to restrict freedoms on American citizens it not only aggravates me more than the 211 democrats that voted to fund the privacy infringement, but I believe its the reason why people stay home on Election Day.
Republican impotence is as clear as day, just look at Saturday, the republican president has a 3rd assassination attempt and the republicans sit on their hands, not eliminating the filibuster, while the secret service goes unpaid for over 2 months now. It makes it hard to see any difference between the supposed conservative and the communist democrat. Again we give them all three levers of power and they refuse to do what they were elected to do.
From someone who was there (not me): they did not have the parking cars drive over a mirror, there were no dogs patrolling cars, and anyone was allowed to enter the lobby; only the ballroom access was restricted; the entering SWAT team did not wear insignia, nor did they identify themselves as the good guys. Total security failure set-up. If there had been a couple more guys who were a little better organized, they would have had 2000 hostages. Which makes the conspiracies fly off the shelves....And why is Trump not investigating the Butler incident? Or the Epstein files? There is something VERY fishy going on in DC, and I think he's been "got at". I no longer put any eggs in that basket.
It’s this habitual problem the republicans have of stabbing their constituents in the back over and over again, and then they get smoked in the mid terms. The f’d up thing is they hardly ever pay, it’s us that pay again and again, and I’m afraid we’re going to pay big time for this republican congress.
Mine did not. The answer is to vote them out of office. That they are not purely an indictment against pols but also is an indication that not all rinos are politicians....one hell of a lot of voters obviously are too.
The problem with people like Mike Lawler is that he's in a very blue area and he just tries to be slightly better than the dems, some of the time. NYS is spiraling.
I see the problem as not bad Republicans or bad Democrats, but a bad system that needs badly to be fixed. Check out the convention of states initiative (https://conventionofstates.com) that aims to create term limits for politicians, limit the scope of and power of the federal government in its meddling with what should be state affairs, and promotes fiscal responsibility in government. It may not be a cure-all, but its a good start.
I have known about this particular requirement since it was signed, sealed and delivered against the Real American citizens and I refuse to buy any automobile manufactured after 2021. I don't trust the government of this country about anything anymore and I believe smart people will do the same thing.
Excellent essay on this step to further monitor and control every aspect of our lives. I'm amazed by how many people think this is a good thing. Every day we are asked to give up another small slice of our freedom until eventually the entire pie is gone, consumed by the government.
One of my sisters, who at 67 should know better (I keep trying to clue her in), has the attitude "I'm not doing anything wrong, so why should I care? If they watch me, they'll be very bored." I wonder how many people will wake up one day and realize they have bought into slavery because they insisted on shutting their eyes.
That was determined after the civil war. Why feed and house the slaves when they can be paid a small wage so they can house and feed themselves and the owner class can even tax that. It also solved the problem of enslaving a particular race when they can enslave everyone. They will even let them vote for preselected acceptable candidates. ( Cynical much, who me?)
She needs to get bitten. An aquaintaince of mine voted for prop 19 in CA, thinking it wouldn't impact her. After her father died she moved into his house within a year and made it her primary residence. Last year she got hit with $100,000 tax bill for the past couple of years taxing her more than what she thought she would be taxed because her dad's home is her primary and under old inheritance tax law, except prop 19 changed that some. People who vote to screw over others with more taxes deserve it when they get screwed by it. The income tax was sold as only the very rich would be affected and it was illegally passed while most of the representatives had left for break. They did a lot of that kind of stuff in the two years around this. I think voting needs a property requirement again like it originally did, there was good reason for that requirement.
I have been on top on this issue too. I drive a 2004 classic type car with 70k miles. I hope to keep it forever (I am 69). Husband wants me to update to a new vehicle with more safety features. I am refusing, but now know to replace it with a pre-2021 vehicle if it ever comes to that. Thanks for that info.
It's funny that he mentioned "legacy" vehicles. I wrote a screenplay once where some sort of mysterious disruption disables all the microcontrollers on Earth. The ONLY technologies that work are those that don't rely on such devices, and the experts in those technologies become the heroes of the story.
I have also noticed - for a long time - a push to wipe out the standalone, unconnected, personal computer. It was (or seemed to be) led by Microsoft. Today the unconnected computer is a rarity and "useless" for most tasks. Yet if there were an attack that used the internet as its primary vector, only unconnected computers would survive it.
It reminds me of the scene in The Postman where the soldiers get mad at the technician for playing The Sound of Music on movie night. But if it weren't for that technician, they'd have no movies to watch; he was the only one who knew how to run the projector.
I wish I could gave an unconnected computer. But alas, I run a CPA firm that is on the cloud (so I can travel). I will admit to keeping hard copies of anything important. Someday us dinosaurs may rule again.
I still have a Dell XPS from 1995 that runs Windows from that same time I think I bought windows 4. I ran all my book keeping on it and backed everything up on floppy drives. I would send a floppy drive to my accountant. Apps then called software was bought at stores not downloaded. ( I also still have an Amiga 2000).
These days I back up everything on Seagate expansion drives and keep them in a Faraday Bag. I also have a spare laptop I keep in a Faraday bag. an EMP in these times is a real possibility.
My current workstation is a 2 year old Dell XPS on Windows 10. I won't switch to Windows 11. I have bought Office Suite and Open Office software from Amazon and installed it on my laptop. It is compatible with Microsoft Office for Excel and Word.
Perhaps part of the problem is that we don't really want to "rule." We'd be happy just to get along.
To go a bit esoteric on you: It's been discovered that the dinosaurs were the victims of a hostile takeover. They didn't want to rule, either, I don't imagine, so became sitting ducks in someone else's war.
And I have a 2019 that I know is my last car. In the beginning there was a huge problem with battery drain, totally unrelated to Dr. JGM’s article. At the time, mechanics could not discover what was causing it. Two years and several new batteries and jump starts later, it was finally discovered: a little communication engine fuse searching 24/7 for a 3G cell tower. It never slept and was on a continuous loop because it could not find the 3G cell tower it was instructed to locate. It could not find one because they no longer exist. A quick search handed me a YouTube video identifying and directing which fuses to pull to stop the madness. I did and several more problems were unwittingly solved in less than five minutes.
The Amish opted out of all this a long time ago. Did they foresee the road to hell being paved with good intentions? Maybe it would be good to go back to horse and buggy.
I've been getting regular newsletters from ReclaimtheNet.org for some time. The surveillance is everywhere: your phones, your apps, your vehicle, and it's spreading. Internet spyware is heralded as "protecting children" as it monitors adults; automobile spyware is called "safety measures" as it exerts control.
I have a 2010 vehicle and plan to keep it as long as possible and buy newer only if I can get something without tracking software. My son still drives a 1999 Volvo that has almost 400,000 miles on it. Not only are the older vehicles surveillance free, but they were better made.
We are rapidly moving to a Chinese style social credit system being cloaked as convenience and safety.
The issues with cars are just the tip of the iceberg. Anything you do with your smart cell phone is surveillance. Using the internet (especially Google, Facebook, et al) is surveillance. Using REAL ID (e.g., driver’s license “Star Card”) is surveillance. TSA facial recognition is surveillance. The entire medical system is surveillance. Using anything but cash or checks is surveillance.
We also addressed some of these topics here: REAL ID, a national digital identification, surveillance, and control system: https://tinyurl.com/3pjcv7y2
Privacy phones with Graphene OS instead of Android or iOS are one step everyone can take. And with the current surveillance on laptops and tablets, it's a good idea to take a long look and jump to Linux. Most Linux platforms are pushing back hard against the trend to start "child protection" at the operating system level.
Mark37.com sells Ghost Phones, laptops, and tablets, all open source operating systems. Beware of anything not open source because no one can tell if they're tracking you. Something like Apple claiming it's private, but who really knows?
We use dumb flip phones — voice and text only — and love them. Anything that involves software likely is subject to tracking and hacking, despite reassurances otherwise. (There are many flavors of Linux, though we haven’t explored the security issues of any of them.)
I have two computers. The one I use daily came with Zorin OS, which is for "newbies". I used to have Mint and my second computer will have that again soon. Mint isn't marketed for newbies, but it's an easy OS to learn, and to my mind much better than Zorin.
I've been yapping about the Real ID every day. Most people are lazy, they are worse than Sheep. 45 states do NOT have the necessary State Law to require it of you. And even in the 5 that do, it's UnConstitutional as Fed $ cannot be used in state programs.
Resources: DO THIS FOLKS. NOW.
- Bret Weinstein USA, with Twaila Graves from USA's Citizens Council for Health (.org).
She advises - get back your standard license right away, don't wait for your "renewal".
- S Africa's Nick Hudson of the PANDA Group. He speaks about the tactic of the Progressive Enforcement Rule. THIS is what we're experiencing now in the US. Kristi Noem, saying Real ID was necessary by May 7th last year, a 110% LIE - it was this EXACT tactic.
(The UK People shut it down, the Britcard. But they are now using children's "well-being" as a excuse. They slid it into a bill called, Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Hidden in the bill is a clause, "Consistent Identifier", for every child.)
- Citizens' Council for Health: Twaila Graves mentioned in many of these US interviews, this is the USA's leading site for Real ID (ending it) advocacy. They advocate for us on many issues. The REAL ID - without a FEDERAL ID, the Evil Ones, cannot implement all these systems to AI us ALL to death.
As a youth in the 80s, I drove a short series of hand-me-down Fords. My powder blue 1972 Ford Galaxie was built as federal bureaucracy was in the midst of knee-capping its own domestic auto industry. Its strangled 400 cu in engine cranked out a massive 170 or so horsepower (net), and it got about 13 mpg. It was homely, with a column shifter, and vinyl bench seats that did offer advantages for young men. Whatever its faults, I'll always appreciate that it never spied on me or baffled me with computerization.
Haunted in the best and worst of ways by what was, and never will be again.
I suppose our response to COVID mandates clearly demonstrated to The Powers That Be that incentives on up to threats don’t work on all of the people, all of the time. Consequently, TPTB now firmly believe they must control us through force, which can and will take any number of creative forms.
As has been the case for 70 years, I’ll be too busy just stepping through each day to keep track of all the plans being formulated against me. When it comes to my “tribe” or “community,” as was the case with the COVID hysteria, I fully expect to wake up some morning and realize almost everyone I know and know of is back in a mask, socially distanced, and waiting in line for a vaccine.
As a consequence of TPTB drive to control so many aspects of my life, coupled with the complicity of my fellow citizens, I’m gradually losing my drive to stick around. Unlike a lot of people, apparently, I’m unable to distract myself indefinitely from contemplating the evils of TPTB, and the passive, sheeplike behavior of my neighbors.
I’m mildly fascinated by those who express a desire to live forever. I’m grateful to have now entered my 70s and am hoping just to exit the planet quietly when I’m called, with my sanity intact.
This looks like a great business opportunity for an after market software download using an OBD2 adapter. Free men and women will always find a way to defeat (Marxists) big brother. If all else fails, we still have the 2nd amendment.
People have been testing this and if you are late to work (stressed), having a medical emergency (stressed) or anything else the car won't go. Next business opportunity is replacing the computer with one that is neutral and bipasses all this crap. A man has a suit against the car company for selling his data and his insurance company for raising his rates because they recorded non dangerous regular events as him being a reckless driver (all without his knowledge). Everyday his cat would run to the driveway and greet him recorded as "near miss", you get the idea. Time to get rid of all of these regulations and get cars built with the best and most effecient technology without the computerization, screens and locks on fixing the car. 40 years ago there were cars that got much better mileage, something they have since sabotaged, probably as part of pushing electric cars which is not an effecient or green technology.
All programs can be hacked. If your car can prevent you from operating in an impaired state, a hacker can also do this, whether or not a designated third party is assigned to the job.
The vehicle surveillance is the same as home surveillance. No matter who thinks they have control over the system, someone else, including little kit users, can gain access. Our allies and adversaries can access all of it.
Due to inertia, government data systems are antiquated, and are the least secure.
Since very rich people like historic cars, we will probably be able to keep some of them rolling for a long time.
I take heart in knowing that as soon as systems are implemented in vehicles, mechanics and others are at work, learning to bypass them. There's a physical bypass for the lockouts that prevent you from scanning various newer vehicles for example, but you have to pull the dash to install it.
Nailed it Weedom1. Including all Bitcoin and Crypto currencies. IF the Evils are successful in getting all us SHEEP on a Federal Digital ID, like the Real ID, soon after, will be mandatory Digital $$ Money, and soon after that.....our money is easily Hacked into oblivion.
I have a 2017 G90 Genesis that says: "How about stopping for coffee" when my driving performance is not 100%. I like that idea as long as it stays between me and my car. I also have USAA and I agreed to having my performance monitored. A 25% discount means a lot! Again, will this be private information between me and USAA or will it become mandatory that they report my driving behavior to a higher power? The sign posts are there! The ultimate goal is: Obey or be ostracized. Vivid with the Covid con and more to come. We are becoming in the USA a controlled top down society when the Constitution was designed for bottom up. Our gate keepers are those who we elected and they have lost their way. The silence about the covid con from the majority in Congress demonstrates this clearly. Wake up! Wake up! Get that cup of coffee! Get vaccinated or else! More to come to create compliance. Not by accident but by design!
This fight isn't over. These new systems will not stand. Used cars & trucks from before 2021 have just become more valuable. The economics will get manufacturers to eliminate these 'functions'. How so ? People will not buy new cars and trucks with these 'features'...
I have to admit when republicans vote in blocks to restrict freedoms on American citizens it not only aggravates me more than the 211 democrats that voted to fund the privacy infringement, but I believe its the reason why people stay home on Election Day.
Republican impotence is as clear as day, just look at Saturday, the republican president has a 3rd assassination attempt and the republicans sit on their hands, not eliminating the filibuster, while the secret service goes unpaid for over 2 months now. It makes it hard to see any difference between the supposed conservative and the communist democrat. Again we give them all three levers of power and they refuse to do what they were elected to do.
From someone who was there (not me): they did not have the parking cars drive over a mirror, there were no dogs patrolling cars, and anyone was allowed to enter the lobby; only the ballroom access was restricted; the entering SWAT team did not wear insignia, nor did they identify themselves as the good guys. Total security failure set-up. If there had been a couple more guys who were a little better organized, they would have had 2000 hostages. Which makes the conspiracies fly off the shelves....And why is Trump not investigating the Butler incident? Or the Epstein files? There is something VERY fishy going on in DC, and I think he's been "got at". I no longer put any eggs in that basket.
Sadly -- what you say makes sense.
Voted in to do. Heck, they can’t even honor their oath of office.
It’s this habitual problem the republicans have of stabbing their constituents in the back over and over again, and then they get smoked in the mid terms. The f’d up thing is they hardly ever pay, it’s us that pay again and again, and I’m afraid we’re going to pay big time for this republican congress.
Mine did not. The answer is to vote them out of office. That they are not purely an indictment against pols but also is an indication that not all rinos are politicians....one hell of a lot of voters obviously are too.
The problem with people like Mike Lawler is that he's in a very blue area and he just tries to be slightly better than the dems, some of the time. NYS is spiraling.
I see the problem as not bad Republicans or bad Democrats, but a bad system that needs badly to be fixed. Check out the convention of states initiative (https://conventionofstates.com) that aims to create term limits for politicians, limit the scope of and power of the federal government in its meddling with what should be state affairs, and promotes fiscal responsibility in government. It may not be a cure-all, but its a good start.
I have known about this particular requirement since it was signed, sealed and delivered against the Real American citizens and I refuse to buy any automobile manufactured after 2021. I don't trust the government of this country about anything anymore and I believe smart people will do the same thing.
I’m looking to buy a car. Is there a reason you picked 2021 as the cut off year?
Excellent essay on this step to further monitor and control every aspect of our lives. I'm amazed by how many people think this is a good thing. Every day we are asked to give up another small slice of our freedom until eventually the entire pie is gone, consumed by the government.
One of my sisters, who at 67 should know better (I keep trying to clue her in), has the attitude "I'm not doing anything wrong, so why should I care? If they watch me, they'll be very bored." I wonder how many people will wake up one day and realize they have bought into slavery because they insisted on shutting their eyes.
the best slaves are the ones that don't even know they're slaves
That was determined after the civil war. Why feed and house the slaves when they can be paid a small wage so they can house and feed themselves and the owner class can even tax that. It also solved the problem of enslaving a particular race when they can enslave everyone. They will even let them vote for preselected acceptable candidates. ( Cynical much, who me?)
I heard someone say "I'm so cynical, I doubt the other cynics!" Kinda resonated.
She needs to get bitten. An aquaintaince of mine voted for prop 19 in CA, thinking it wouldn't impact her. After her father died she moved into his house within a year and made it her primary residence. Last year she got hit with $100,000 tax bill for the past couple of years taxing her more than what she thought she would be taxed because her dad's home is her primary and under old inheritance tax law, except prop 19 changed that some. People who vote to screw over others with more taxes deserve it when they get screwed by it. The income tax was sold as only the very rich would be affected and it was illegally passed while most of the representatives had left for break. They did a lot of that kind of stuff in the two years around this. I think voting needs a property requirement again like it originally did, there was good reason for that requirement.
Do AI's get bored?
Or by big business, which funds the politicians in the government.
I have been on top on this issue too. I drive a 2004 classic type car with 70k miles. I hope to keep it forever (I am 69). Husband wants me to update to a new vehicle with more safety features. I am refusing, but now know to replace it with a pre-2021 vehicle if it ever comes to that. Thanks for that info.
It's funny that he mentioned "legacy" vehicles. I wrote a screenplay once where some sort of mysterious disruption disables all the microcontrollers on Earth. The ONLY technologies that work are those that don't rely on such devices, and the experts in those technologies become the heroes of the story.
I have also noticed - for a long time - a push to wipe out the standalone, unconnected, personal computer. It was (or seemed to be) led by Microsoft. Today the unconnected computer is a rarity and "useless" for most tasks. Yet if there were an attack that used the internet as its primary vector, only unconnected computers would survive it.
It reminds me of the scene in The Postman where the soldiers get mad at the technician for playing The Sound of Music on movie night. But if it weren't for that technician, they'd have no movies to watch; he was the only one who knew how to run the projector.
I wish I could gave an unconnected computer. But alas, I run a CPA firm that is on the cloud (so I can travel). I will admit to keeping hard copies of anything important. Someday us dinosaurs may rule again.
I still have a Dell XPS from 1995 that runs Windows from that same time I think I bought windows 4. I ran all my book keeping on it and backed everything up on floppy drives. I would send a floppy drive to my accountant. Apps then called software was bought at stores not downloaded. ( I also still have an Amiga 2000).
These days I back up everything on Seagate expansion drives and keep them in a Faraday Bag. I also have a spare laptop I keep in a Faraday bag. an EMP in these times is a real possibility.
My current workstation is a 2 year old Dell XPS on Windows 10. I won't switch to Windows 11. I have bought Office Suite and Open Office software from Amazon and installed it on my laptop. It is compatible with Microsoft Office for Excel and Word.
Perhaps part of the problem is that we don't really want to "rule." We'd be happy just to get along.
To go a bit esoteric on you: It's been discovered that the dinosaurs were the victims of a hostile takeover. They didn't want to rule, either, I don't imagine, so became sitting ducks in someone else's war.
And I have a 2019 that I know is my last car. In the beginning there was a huge problem with battery drain, totally unrelated to Dr. JGM’s article. At the time, mechanics could not discover what was causing it. Two years and several new batteries and jump starts later, it was finally discovered: a little communication engine fuse searching 24/7 for a 3G cell tower. It never slept and was on a continuous loop because it could not find the 3G cell tower it was instructed to locate. It could not find one because they no longer exist. A quick search handed me a YouTube video identifying and directing which fuses to pull to stop the madness. I did and several more problems were unwittingly solved in less than five minutes.
On YouTube there are channels that talk about older cars and trucks that last much longer than others brands. Worth looking into.
The Amish opted out of all this a long time ago. Did they foresee the road to hell being paved with good intentions? Maybe it would be good to go back to horse and buggy.
I've been getting regular newsletters from ReclaimtheNet.org for some time. The surveillance is everywhere: your phones, your apps, your vehicle, and it's spreading. Internet spyware is heralded as "protecting children" as it monitors adults; automobile spyware is called "safety measures" as it exerts control.
I have a 2010 vehicle and plan to keep it as long as possible and buy newer only if I can get something without tracking software. My son still drives a 1999 Volvo that has almost 400,000 miles on it. Not only are the older vehicles surveillance free, but they were better made.
Thanks, I subscribed!
We are rapidly moving to a Chinese style social credit system being cloaked as convenience and safety.
The issues with cars are just the tip of the iceberg. Anything you do with your smart cell phone is surveillance. Using the internet (especially Google, Facebook, et al) is surveillance. Using REAL ID (e.g., driver’s license “Star Card”) is surveillance. TSA facial recognition is surveillance. The entire medical system is surveillance. Using anything but cash or checks is surveillance.
For great coverage of these issues, see Financial Rebellion on CHD.TV (https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/chd-tv/shows/financial-rebellion-with-catherine-austin-fitts/) and the Solari Report (https://solari.com/).
We also addressed some of these topics here: REAL ID, a national digital identification, surveillance, and control system: https://tinyurl.com/3pjcv7y2
Privacy phones with Graphene OS instead of Android or iOS are one step everyone can take. And with the current surveillance on laptops and tablets, it's a good idea to take a long look and jump to Linux. Most Linux platforms are pushing back hard against the trend to start "child protection" at the operating system level.
Mark37.com sells Ghost Phones, laptops, and tablets, all open source operating systems. Beware of anything not open source because no one can tell if they're tracking you. Something like Apple claiming it's private, but who really knows?
Thank you for the suggestions.
We use dumb flip phones — voice and text only — and love them. Anything that involves software likely is subject to tracking and hacking, despite reassurances otherwise. (There are many flavors of Linux, though we haven’t explored the security issues of any of them.)
Sample flip phone search (snags a few smart phones, but still helpful) https://www.amazon.com/s?k=dumb+flip+phones&i=mobile
I haven't tried this yet, but I hear good things.
https://www.linuxmint.com/
I have two computers. The one I use daily came with Zorin OS, which is for "newbies". I used to have Mint and my second computer will have that again soon. Mint isn't marketed for newbies, but it's an easy OS to learn, and to my mind much better than Zorin.
Thx. Any recommendations for learning it?
Thank you. I bought a Unihertz phone, thinking it was a safe alternative. NOPE, it uses the Google OP. Sexy looking phone, but its in a drawer now.
I've been yapping about the Real ID every day. Most people are lazy, they are worse than Sheep. 45 states do NOT have the necessary State Law to require it of you. And even in the 5 that do, it's UnConstitutional as Fed $ cannot be used in state programs.
Resources: DO THIS FOLKS. NOW.
- Bret Weinstein USA, with Twaila Graves from USA's Citizens Council for Health (.org).
She advises - get back your standard license right away, don't wait for your "renewal".
https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/1975054847318667600?s=61
- Quick way to CCH's Twaila's page on Real ID - refuserealid.org.
- World Council for Health, Dr. Tess Lawrie's site: Saying No to Digital IDs.
https://worldcouncilforhealth.substack.com/p/saying-no-to-digital-ids?r=3pgazk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
- S Africa's Nick Hudson of the PANDA Group. He speaks about the tactic of the Progressive Enforcement Rule. THIS is what we're experiencing now in the US. Kristi Noem, saying Real ID was necessary by May 7th last year, a 110% LIE - it was this EXACT tactic.
https://x.com/nickhudsonct/status/1936273826200862861?s=61
- UK, Britcard - Neil Oliver:
https://rumble.com/v6umlqf-britcard-mandatory-digital-id-the-path-to-orwellian-tyranny-neil-oliver.html
(The UK People shut it down, the Britcard. But they are now using children's "well-being" as a excuse. They slid it into a bill called, Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Hidden in the bill is a clause, "Consistent Identifier", for every child.)
- IMAhealth (aka FLCCC):
https://x.com/honest_medicine/status/1917834471052898647?s=57
- Children's Health Defense:
https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/chd-tv/shows/financial-rebellion-with-catherine-austin-fitts/real-id-real-enforcement-show-page/
- Citizens' Council for Health: Twaila Graves mentioned in many of these US interviews, this is the USA's leading site for Real ID (ending it) advocacy. They advocate for us on many issues. The REAL ID - without a FEDERAL ID, the Evil Ones, cannot implement all these systems to AI us ALL to death.
https://www.cchfreedom.org/national-id/
As a youth in the 80s, I drove a short series of hand-me-down Fords. My powder blue 1972 Ford Galaxie was built as federal bureaucracy was in the midst of knee-capping its own domestic auto industry. Its strangled 400 cu in engine cranked out a massive 170 or so horsepower (net), and it got about 13 mpg. It was homely, with a column shifter, and vinyl bench seats that did offer advantages for young men. Whatever its faults, I'll always appreciate that it never spied on me or baffled me with computerization.
Haunted in the best and worst of ways by what was, and never will be again.
I suppose our response to COVID mandates clearly demonstrated to The Powers That Be that incentives on up to threats don’t work on all of the people, all of the time. Consequently, TPTB now firmly believe they must control us through force, which can and will take any number of creative forms.
As has been the case for 70 years, I’ll be too busy just stepping through each day to keep track of all the plans being formulated against me. When it comes to my “tribe” or “community,” as was the case with the COVID hysteria, I fully expect to wake up some morning and realize almost everyone I know and know of is back in a mask, socially distanced, and waiting in line for a vaccine.
As a consequence of TPTB drive to control so many aspects of my life, coupled with the complicity of my fellow citizens, I’m gradually losing my drive to stick around. Unlike a lot of people, apparently, I’m unable to distract myself indefinitely from contemplating the evils of TPTB, and the passive, sheeplike behavior of my neighbors.
I’m mildly fascinated by those who express a desire to live forever. I’m grateful to have now entered my 70s and am hoping just to exit the planet quietly when I’m called, with my sanity intact.
This looks like a great business opportunity for an after market software download using an OBD2 adapter. Free men and women will always find a way to defeat (Marxists) big brother. If all else fails, we still have the 2nd amendment.
The aftermarket is booming, and it will stay that way.
People have been testing this and if you are late to work (stressed), having a medical emergency (stressed) or anything else the car won't go. Next business opportunity is replacing the computer with one that is neutral and bipasses all this crap. A man has a suit against the car company for selling his data and his insurance company for raising his rates because they recorded non dangerous regular events as him being a reckless driver (all without his knowledge). Everyday his cat would run to the driveway and greet him recorded as "near miss", you get the idea. Time to get rid of all of these regulations and get cars built with the best and most effecient technology without the computerization, screens and locks on fixing the car. 40 years ago there were cars that got much better mileage, something they have since sabotaged, probably as part of pushing electric cars which is not an effecient or green technology.
All programs can be hacked. If your car can prevent you from operating in an impaired state, a hacker can also do this, whether or not a designated third party is assigned to the job.
The vehicle surveillance is the same as home surveillance. No matter who thinks they have control over the system, someone else, including little kit users, can gain access. Our allies and adversaries can access all of it.
Due to inertia, government data systems are antiquated, and are the least secure.
Since very rich people like historic cars, we will probably be able to keep some of them rolling for a long time.
I take heart in knowing that as soon as systems are implemented in vehicles, mechanics and others are at work, learning to bypass them. There's a physical bypass for the lockouts that prevent you from scanning various newer vehicles for example, but you have to pull the dash to install it.
Nailed it Weedom1. Including all Bitcoin and Crypto currencies. IF the Evils are successful in getting all us SHEEP on a Federal Digital ID, like the Real ID, soon after, will be mandatory Digital $$ Money, and soon after that.....our money is easily Hacked into oblivion.
Two things can stop this -
-Keep Cash Alive.
-Refuse the Real ID.
I have a 2017 G90 Genesis that says: "How about stopping for coffee" when my driving performance is not 100%. I like that idea as long as it stays between me and my car. I also have USAA and I agreed to having my performance monitored. A 25% discount means a lot! Again, will this be private information between me and USAA or will it become mandatory that they report my driving behavior to a higher power? The sign posts are there! The ultimate goal is: Obey or be ostracized. Vivid with the Covid con and more to come. We are becoming in the USA a controlled top down society when the Constitution was designed for bottom up. Our gate keepers are those who we elected and they have lost their way. The silence about the covid con from the majority in Congress demonstrates this clearly. Wake up! Wake up! Get that cup of coffee! Get vaccinated or else! More to come to create compliance. Not by accident but by design!
This is very good writing.
This fight isn't over. These new systems will not stand. Used cars & trucks from before 2021 have just become more valuable. The economics will get manufacturers to eliminate these 'functions'. How so ? People will not buy new cars and trucks with these 'features'...
Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
The Borgs are coming...and maybe even the Daleks!
Those fictional creatures represent the hive mind that is already among us.