Tesla cars keep more data than you think, including this video of a crash that totaled a Model 3

I will never forget that Tesla spied on a New York Times reporter in the privacy of their car, without their knowledge or consent, for the express purpose of undermining journalism critical of Tesla.

https://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/18/problems-with-precision-and-judgment-but-not-integrity-in-tesla-test/

(extreme emphasis on "unaware that his every move was being monitored".) There's multiple, legitimate, interpretations of this affair/incident, but in my eyes the salient one is the astoundingly unethical "Elon: let's get dirt on the journalist" part. Maybe the journalist sucked too, they're not exclusive options.

(Apropos, I have a confused memory of an incident were someone died in a Tesla, and on the same day (?) Tesla released damaging facts about their driving record or criminal history or something? Like a proper press release pounding on a guy who had died hours before? It might have been Uber not Tesla, I can barely recall -- my memory tells me it was in either AZ on NM? If anyone can fix my memory, I'd be grateful. I remember whatever this incident was made me deeply pissed off at one of the megacorps, although I admit I can't recall which particular megacorp it was. If it was in fact Uber I apologize for wasting this forum's time)

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