(0:00 - 0:26) Modern cars are designed to control you, and I'm not talking about the fact that you have to pay $18 a month to get a BMW butt warmer. I'm going to be talking to you about something that is a very tinfoil hat theory about modern cars, and I don't think it's actually that unbelievable. Privacy Academy with Eric Meder. (0:27 - 3:19) My name is Eric Meder. I'm an online privacy expert, and I teach online privacy because privacy is essential to protecting your inherent God-given rights and freedoms, and big tech companies, as well as Big Brother, are teaming up to take away your privacy from you. So let me ask you a question. What would your life be like without a car? It depends on your city, but I think it could be very awful, especially if you live in the US. You wouldn't have any freedom at all. You wouldn't be able to go to grocery stores. You wouldn't be able to drive across town to meet your friends. And let's pray that there's no emergency. If there's a flood, a hurricane, or even wildfires, you want to get out of there as fast as you can, and you need a car for that. Without a car, it's not possible. And you can also just completely forget about traveling altogether. As you can see, I've got a map here of Boston to San Francisco, and I know, of course, those are two very different sides of the country, but I'm using this as an example. I did the math. It would take 40 days of nonstop walking to go from Boston to San Francisco. So I think both you and I know that walking is completely out of the equation. Five years ago, if you told someone that cars would prevent you from driving them, they would laugh. But nowadays, it's becoming a reality. And I've got a lot of evidence to back up what I'm saying too. To be honest, the government and other companies already have all of the pieces together. They just haven't implemented them yet in a way that punishes people. So let's start out by looking at the mechanical build of a car, right? So let's say you have a steering wheel. You turn, you turn, and when you turn left, the wheel turns a steering column that turns the wheels literally left. And you know, when you're turning, you're actually turning the wheels when you use the steering wheel. That's how it used to be. Now, with modern steering, there's something called steer by wire. For example, when you turn left, instead of the steering wheel directly turning the wheels, the signal goes to a computer, which then tells the wheels to turn left. Basically, what this means is your steering wheel is not directly attached to your wheels. That should scare you. I mean, do you really want to trust that a computer is going to tell the wheels to turn in time, especially in an emergency? It's not just the steering wheel that's working through a computer. Your gas pedal and even your brakes are not physically attached anymore. That's crazy to think about. So let's say you're going really fast and you need to slam on the brakes to stop the car. It's not literally hitting the brakes on your wheels. It's hitting the brakes, telling the computer to engage the brakes for you. That's insane. It's like that old saying, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. So why would they add all these extra steps? Well, there's a hidden agenda. There's a reason that they're adding a computer into something as simple as hitting a brake pedal. I mean, let's do some simple math about it. You have steering brakes and a gas pedal all controlled by a computer. What does that mean? You're essentially driving a remote control car. And I would not want to trust anyone with the potential to hack into my car and control it however they want. Let's take it a step even further. A lot of modern companies like Tesla have full autopilot capabilities. You know, the cars can steer on their own. (3:19 - 6:04) They can speed up, they can slow down, they can park, change lanes, they can navigate, they can follow the traffic signs, and they can even see people on the road. It's really insane. It's right out of sci-fi, but it's in our world right now. And before I keep going down this rabbit hole, let's just quickly remember everything. You're steering your brakes, your gas pedal. None of these are mechanically connected. It's all controlled by a computer that is smart enough to drive on its own. That's a pretty scary combination. So what does this vehicle mean when a social credit system comes into place? I have another video all about social credit systems, but for those of you who do not know, a social credit system is a system that they're starting to implement where basically, if you're deemed good by the government, you'll get bonus points. Or if you're deemed bad by the government, that's the key point there, you'll be punished. So like I said, if you're bad or good by the state's definition, you'll get rewarded or punished. So let's say that you're doing something that the state deems is bad. Maybe you're reading censored news or you're making videos like I am, then you will be punished for it. And so let's say I make this video, I get judged by maybe AI that says, this is directly against the state's agenda. We're going to move some social credit points off of his score. And then I go into my new smart car. When I go in, I've got a digital ID. It reads it. It says, this is Eric Meder. Okay. There's multiple forms that the punishments could take place. First of all, maybe it limits how much I'm able to fill my, my gas tank up, whether it's electric or gas, maybe it has, I mean, it's got GPS. So maybe it limits where I am in the city and it won't allow me to go past the boundaries. Maybe it has other limitations. Maybe I can't even drive the car at all. And with the level of technology that exists today, it's not just my personal car. I mean, I can get into a car and then it rejects me because it's my car. Right. But with digital ID, with facial recognition, you can go into a taxi. They know who you are. And then it doesn't drive. It says, this person's not allowed to use transport. It's a really scary reality. And you have to ask yourself, okay, maybe this is crazy. Maybe this is not believable. Why would you put a computer in, in between a brake pedal? I mean, there's no reason for that on the user's side, right? It's a completely designed for control, but if you want me to take a step back with it, let's go and look at some actual events. So this was an article posted by a zero hedge and it was called the blue screen of death. Basically it was photos of people on posting blue error messages on their car dashboard saying I can't use my car and update happened. And I'm no longer able to use it, which is really funny to think about, 'cause I mean, 20 years ago, no one would be like, hold on. I've got to update my car. I'm late for work. (6:04 - 6:08) My car's update failed. But yeah, I mean the updates failed. They can't drive. (6:08 - 8:15) Some people weren't able to drive their cars for weeks or even months. I mean, it's pretty, it's pretty unbelievable how much power the computer has in the car. I know that example is not the best. I mean, it only talks about how much power a computer has in the new cars, but let's talk about how they can limit your usage of cars with this modern technology. So in 2023, Fox posted an article about Ford trying to get a patent for their new technology that allows them to lock people out of their own cars when they're late on car payments. It's crazy. And sure they say it's for car payments, but I mean, regardless of what it is, this is something that is very easily possible. I mean, Ford is looking to do this themselves. That's just Ford. What about a government? I mean, all jokes aside, I think it's really disgusting. I think it's extremely corrupt. I think maybe even if the founding fathers were around in our age, I think that they would consider travel up there with the right to bear arms. I mean, modern transportation is a human fundamental, right? A God-given right that we should be allowed to transport as we will. And let's take it a little bit further. We all know that the government does really shady stuff. I mean, it's not even, even the most brainwashed person would say, yeah, the CIA does assassinate people. What is a car? A car is a deadly weapon. If it's like a remote control car, you could have anyone in that car hack it and then drive into a wall or drive it into a crowd. There's countless different things that you can do with it. And the potential is awful. It's really terrifying to think that these cars, these huge pieces of metal that you strap yourself into that can go, I mean, 150 plus miles per hour can be controlled by someone that's not even in the same room as you. So you might be watching this and thinking to yourself, well, what can I do? I mean, it seems, it seems like the answer is probably to get a 1965 Ford Mustang. And I would say that's pretty sick. Yeah. I think that's a good idea. No, but all jokes aside, if you look at some countries like Europe, they have their carbon scores in some places like Germany or France, they're really cracking down on it. And what they're trying to do is they want everyone on modern cars, not for carbon. (8:15 - 8:20) That's just the excuse. That's the greater good argument. It's to get you into a computer car. (8:21 - 9:39) So yeah, what I would do get to Ford Mustang. I mean, they're pretty cool. Yeah. Don't, don't comply with this. I will not get a modern car. I would not get in a modern car. I'm not have a brake pedal that's powered by a computer. I mean, that is just beyond nonsense. It's, it's ridiculous. So I really think that you need to consider cars and every smart device in your life as something more than just utility. I mean, just think about what I said earlier, where, why would they put a computer in a brake pedal? It's only for control. And that really summarizes smart devices very well. It's all about control. Anything that's smart, it's all about control, not your control of it. It's control of you, which is pretty, it's a pretty strange topic to get ahold of. And just like COVID, it doesn't come down to what's the law. If they say you can't drive your car, don't agree with it. I mean, you have God given rights. There are tyrannical governments that will try to infringe on them. It's your right as a person to not stand for illegal laws. If you're not going to wear a face mask, you should also not be afraid to drive a car. That's not bad. Like a 1965 Ford Mustang. Anyways, I think you get my point. Let's try to be aware of this. I think it's actually a very important topic that doesn't get enough coverage. So think about what you're driving. (9:40 - 9:55) Think about how you can protect yourself in this way and think about how deceiving they are about putting us in this walled garden of technology in the surveillance state. So I hope you enjoyed this. If you want to learn more, go to privacyacademy.com and thank you very much.