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      07-19-2020, 04:31 AM   #1
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Tesla's Sentry mode is annoying!

After grocery shopping I went back to my car and found a Tesla Model 3 had replaced the SUV that was parking on my left. It was a tight spot, so I walked sideway to my driver side door, opened the door very carefully trying not to touch the luxury electric vehicle.

However, all the sudden the gigantic center screen of the Model 3 lights up, with a big red ball in the middle resembling a red alarm light, and "Sentry Activated" says clearly on the white background. The screen was so ridiculously large and bright that I could see my reflection on his untinted window. But I didn't even touch him! Why did all the cameras start shooting at me as if I had scratched his premium metallic paint?

So before I got into my car, I flipped at all three cameras to express my disapproval of the nonconsensual video recording. Thanks to COVID-19, I was able to do this with my face covered by a mask. Maybe the driver would learn to disable the in-car display of the Sentry mode next time.
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      07-19-2020, 04:46 AM   #2
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The guy watching the recording will think to himself: “oh that’s such a typical BMW owner”
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      07-19-2020, 06:34 AM   #3
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Consent isn't required when you're out in public.
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      07-19-2020, 08:28 AM   #4
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Why would he disable it? It did exactly what it's supposed to do...
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      07-19-2020, 09:24 AM   #5
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Why would a camera start recording after an incident took place? It's supposed to capture you before any event happened.

You are being recorded all the time without consent, the grocery store you were just in probably had you on more than 5 cameras.
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      07-19-2020, 09:59 AM   #6
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I want sentry mode on my M3
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      07-19-2020, 10:09 AM   #7
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Rather than flipping the bird, you should have pulled a Sheldon Cooper like move, put your bare butt on the window.

Otherwise it sounds like the sentry did what it was designed to do.
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      07-19-2020, 11:02 AM   #8
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So before I got into my car, I flipped at all three cameras to express my disapproval of the nonconsensual video recording. Thanks to COVID-19, I was able to do this with my faced covered by a mask. Maybe the driver would learn to disable the in-car display of the Sentry mode next time.
You were in a public location, there's no expectation of privacy. Did you do the same for all the cameras in the supermarket and everywhere else?
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Soooo I can't tell if you're mad it recorded you or your mad the screen let you know you were being recorded, would you have rather been recorded secretly?

Either way sounds to me like you need to rinse the sand out.
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Don't worry
The owner will just think the paint defect was factory and won't even notice
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you sound like an idiot.
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      07-19-2020, 04:19 PM   #12
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Should've let your cart run into it
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Should've let your cart run into it
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Absurd reaction. You do the same at banks?
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Consent isn't required when you're out in public.
We're not talking women here folks. Just a caveat.
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Did you learn that the hard way?
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