No, P stands for public

Virtual Public Network

Oh I’m not saying this particular bus, but in some cities like my city, some buses have electrical outlet so people can charge their phone on their way to work.

That still exist? Why, when you have actual hotels that are cheaper?

It’s a 120V AC wall outlet…

Because of “Freedom of Religion” that many countries have.

Most notably, in the United States of America, “Freedom of Religion” is one of the rights protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States

Still can be dangerous. Some buses have electical outlets that lets people charge their phones, and water is just… 😬

How to get electrocuted: ^

Oh look at all these nice cars the rich people have, it’d be a shame if they go missing. 😏

There’s no porn, just a large Petabytes worth of “Work Folder”.

1. You don’t need touch anything in the car for it to connect to the internet. It’s a brand new car, and the car salesperson just put the VIN in the app and you can see the location of the car. Which means, it was already connected right out of the factory.

I didn’t mean “your” as in you specifically, but other people (edit: in fact, most people around the world still have to pay fares) who might be reading this and still live in a place that charges fares.

Maybe your city is different. But in my city, you have to use these RFID fare cards that have a unique number to identify it. Every time you use it, the location and time is logged. You can only buy these fare cards at designated places, which has a camera pointing directly at your face. Now, idk if they have facial recognition, but even if it doesn’t, all it takes is a human to link the card to your identity once, and your travels, past and future is accessible.

“Why don’t you just use a new one every time?” you might ask. Good question.

Each of these fare cards costs around $5, so it’s not very cost efficient to discard them for a little privacy. Plus, all that ewaste.

They actually let you have that $5 that it cost to buy the card to be added to your balance, but you have to register it on their website using your full name, email, phone number, and address. I never tried a vpn, but I suspect they block vpns, if they haven’t, they will likely do so in the near future.

Or you could choose to not register it, and lose out on the $5. But again, all it takes is one security guard thinking you look suspicious, and roll back the CCTV footage, and put the image of your face onto your fare card records. They don’t need to use some advanced facial recognition AI, just some human to save your face and connect it with your fare card identifier.

There is still a little privacy left: you can still use cash for buses (cash option is for buses only, no cash option for the subway), but soon, they’ll be removing that option.

If your city doesn’t already do this, they will soon.

The future will have no privacy, you can’t escape it. (Unless you live in the woods somewhere)

Shhh… Don’t tell them about the existence of buses and trains.

riding the bus

Public transit has no privacy

Umm…

Are you the one causing climate change? 🤔

It has to connect to the internet somehow. Otherwise how could I see where the car is are using the Toyota app? I could see the tire pressure in each tire and the amount of fuel.

There is also this button at the top (the ceiling?) of the car that basically acts like an emergency button. Pressing it connects your car to someone at toyota that calls for roadside assistance. But idk why then even have that since most people have phones anyways.

Privacy as in either no telemetry being sent back to the dealer, or the option to turn it off (actually being turned off, not just being set to “off”) The digital aspects of privacy, not car window tint.

Modern car as in a car that’s built within the last 5 years.

Also, I’m not actually looking for a car, just curious.

There are “privacy oriented” smartphone replacements. You could flash graphene os to a Pixel.

There is not really such thing for cars.

I think there’s some demographics that might be interested. Still not sure whether to actually write it.

Write it. Doesn’t matter if most people aren’t interested. If there is even 1 person that wants to hear your story, do it. The world is so big, I’m sure there will be people who want to read it.