This sort of thing isn't just a problem with Chinese vehicles. It's a problem with all new cars. They are all thoroughly wired up with locked-down, proprietary computer systems that monitor your every move and provide this data to the manufacturer, your insurance company, and any government agency that is interested. They allow your engine to be throttled or shut down completely by a remote operator. They allow the manufacturer to disable heated seats or other features in your car if you stop paying subscription fees. We need to provide an open-source car operating system that will allow car owners to control who is monitoring them, as well as allowing them to operate and repair the cars they own and not be captured by proprietary repair policies from vendors.

It always surprised me that people would allow an Internet-connected camera that they could not control into their house. I am surprised now that the TV companies are abandoning this rich and intrusive source of information about the people who buy their products, but I am pleased to see that it is happening. Maybe next they will remove the microphones that can spy on you from their TVs.

The best way to disable this irritating little pest is to switch to Linux. Set yourself free from the Microsoft and Apple gulags.

Microsoft cannot abide the idea of any person -- or, apparently, any company -- actually running things that Microsoft is unable to snoop into. They demand full access to everything in exchange for using their software.

The Congressmen and women doing the investigation are all taking money from the Teacher's Union. Isn't this a conflict of interest? We're already spending more per student than any other country, and the states that spend the most are definitely not seeing the best test scores in the US. Money is not the problem.

Microsoft is snooping and prying into everything you do. And now they plan to take copies of everything you write and store them on their servers. They already are recording every keystroke you make on Windows 11. We don't need to put up with this, people! Escape while you are still able to do so.

I'm sure everyone would have an even harder time watching Terminator 7 than this guy is having writing it.

What happens when the government takes over a commercial enterprise? First. all of its competitors have to compete against the government. Next, the government starts participating in strategic decisions within the company. This is the way industrial concerns are run in China. Do we really want to emulate that? We can only hope that Intel makes a quick recovery and the government divests itself of interest soon, as Obama did when he bailed out Chrysler/Stellantis.

If you buy it, you should be able to use all of it. This business model has been tried and failed, but venal manufacturers have not given up. Let's jailbreak all of these black box extortion machines and use the equipment that we have paid for.

You can't count the cameras in public areas in China.

The streaming services are not struggling to provide value for viewers, they are scrambling for more profit. The catalog of available content is degrading and shrinking. Everything is interrupted every few minutes by an irritating intrusive advert. It's no surprise that people are deciding that piracy is more appealing.

They're afraid that the US might be doing to them what they have been doing to the US for years.

Having lots of money and claiming you are important for the future of the universe doesn't give you the right to steal property from the people who own it.

It's just one more instance of this oppressive trend. You bought something but you can't control it because you aren't "authorized". Resist. Stop this unpleasant trend toward non-ownership of all your possessions.

Windows will still crash and lock up all the time, but now there's a new screen with a kicky new color to announce the crash. It's a real Microsoft-style enhancement. When it doesn't work, change the color and give it a new icon.