hey everybody how's it going I hope we
having a lovely day so 3 years ago I was
discussing a right to repair bill that
was being proposed in the state of
Massachusetts for the automotive
industry so that you could continue to
go to the mechanic of your choice to
have your vehicle fixed this was in
spite of a lot of ridiculous commercials
implying that if this passed that you
would be sexually assaulted in a parking
lot as you can see from this ridiculous
commercial they still wound up losing
the repair side won I believe it was 74
to 26 shame on the 26% thought this was
actually true and they won and it seems
like there's another initiative similar
to this that is going forward in the
state of Maine and I thought we could
talk about this today it says right to
repair question qualifies for Main's
ballot this means that they got the
requisite number of signatures to
actually show up on the ballot so that
normal everyday people could vote yes or
no on whether or not they want this
passed into law which is really cool so
here are a certain pieces from the
article and I want to really focus on
one primary question that I think every
single consumer should be asking at this
point in time in 2023 so it says
unfortunately many of these newest
vehicles that wireless data is fed
automatically back to car manufacturers
and is not available to Independent
shops like yourselves Winkler said so
that's all we're asking for is a Level
Playing Field so that independent repair
shops can have access to the same data
as car manufacturers and their networks
of dealerships has the citizens
initiative now goes to the legislature
which can either approve it as written
or allow it to go to voters this fall
which is what typically happens so the
idea here is that that a lot of what's
necessary to do a lot of the Diagnostics
and repair and everything now there is a
right to repair bill in Massachusetts
that passed in 2012 that says the
mechanics have to get access to this but
that's only for the wired stuff
apparently the stuff that's being done
wirelessly and that is exempt there's a
loophole around that particular bill so
the issue is if you are dealing with a
car where any of this stuff is
transmitted wirelessly you as an
independent mechanic can be [ __ ] out of
luck so what they're asking for here is
to have the access to those systems so
that they can continue to work on your
car now here is what the opposition
lobbyists against right to repair are
saying the alliance for automotive
Innovation a trade group representing
car manufacturers and Industry suppliers
argued in an October 2022 memo that
independent shops already have access to
diagnostic information and repair tools
Instead The Alliance portrayed the
ballot initiative in similar efforts
Nation wise as a monetizable data grab
from National aftermarket part
manufacturers and retailers masquerading
as consumer protection the alliance for
automotive Innovation said the ballot
initiative could pose a cybercity risk
by giving those manufacturers and Retail
access to car owners private data and
that is potentially valuable for
marketing but is unrelated to repairs
now two things a do you think that your
independent mechanic is actually going
to the legislature to try to get access
to monetizable data from your car or do
you think that he just wants the ability
to fix your car like in your heart of
hearts if you think about Joe's mechanic
shop down the street what do you think
he is more interested in monetizing your
personal data or being able to fix your
car take a few hundred bucks from you
and get you the F out of there secondly
the question that every single consumer
should be asking why the [ __ ] is my car
collecting monetizable data on me why is
my car collecting data on me that can be
used to track me or identify me or any
[ __ ] like that again I understand you
have computers in modern cars you have
the Lan asses stuff you have anti-ock
breaking you have music streaming and
all why is my car collecting monetizable
data about me to begin with the fact
that you can even make the argu
that an independent mechanic is
requesting access to this so that he can
breach my privacy or advertise to me
means that my car is collecting data
that I can't opt out of about me to
begin with which is a very serious issue
that should be asked by every single
[ __ ] consumer that reads this why why
why do you need that information again
it's one thing if you buy a Tesla and
you opt into the full self-driving [ __ ]
and you're constantly sending data back
to the manufacturer because you're
literally training the system on how to
drive which again it's very very far
from being actually usable needs
probably another 80 years of training
before it gets anywhere but at least
then you could kind of make the argument
but if you have a normal average
everyday not self-driving car what the
hell is being collected on you why is it
storing that information why don't I
have the option to delete it or opt out
of it so that even if my mechanic had
full 100% access to all the stuff that
my car is leaking wirelessly he could
not advertise to me profile me or
identify me in any sort of weird way I
think it's a question that needs to be
asked and I think that we should stop
accepting the premise of [ __ ] and
saying no it's not that we want we're
not going to steal your data we promise
we're really good independent repair
shops we're not going to do it Alliance
no we have to stop doing that [ __ ] we
have to stop accepting the premise of
[ __ ] because when you go on the
defensive on this type of thing it makes
you seem suspicious we need to go on the
offensive if my car is collecting
monetizable personally identifiable data
about me that can be used to advertise
me or profile me to advertisers why is
this information not behind lock and key
if a customer brings me an M1 MacBook to
do a motherboard repair on I can't get
access to their data because it is
encrypted I need their password to get
access to the data even if I remove the
nans and I desod or everything or I have
full access to their Hardware I can't
get access to their data because in
spite of all the crap that I give Apple
they actually put a little bit of effort
into ensure that consumers can actually
protect their data so here's the
question why is it that myself as a
mechanic if I have access to this
individual's car and had access to a
system that allows me to connect to it
would be able to get access to the
consumer's data if they wanted to
protect that data but above all why the
[ __ ] is the consumer's car collecting
data on them to begin with can you
answer that question Alliance for
automotive Innovation can you answer
that probably not let me know what you
think in the comments down below that's
it for today and as always I hope you
learn something I'll see you all in the
next video but