The expectations of privacy in driverless cars

Do riders in autonomous vehicles think that they are in a private space? Here's a fascinating story from California where an robotaxi was redirected from its intended destination and, instead, delivered its misbehaving passengers to the police. The 15-year-old passengers were riding in a driverless autonomous car around San Mateo Monday afternoon. The teens drank alcohol inside the Waymo taxi and shot Orbeez beads with a toy gun toward other vehicles. A Waymo employee, who was remotely monitoring the car, tricked the unruly teenagers, authorities said. The employee told the young passengers that the Waymo was having mechanical issues and needed to stop. Unknown to the teens, the employee had also called the San Mateo Police Department to report that a gun was firing from the car. Here’s how Waymo tricked unruly teen passengers in San Mateo Is that OK? Kids shooting (albeit fake) guns out of cars is bad. I've no problem with the long arm of the law feeling their collars. But what sort…