Congress quietly mandated a system in every new car that monitors your body chemistry. By 2026, every vehicle will have DADSS, a device that can refuse to start your car based on what it detects in your breath or skin. The stated goal is drunk driving prevention. But the infrastructure being built is far broader than that. This is the first domino.
In this video, we break down what DADSS actually is, how it works, and why this specific dark pattern matters. We trace the exact same playbook through OnStar’s remote kill switches, Apple’s geopolitical device disables, and subprime lenders locking people out of their own cars, showing the pattern that plays out every time broad infrastructure gets built around a sympathetic goal. We also get into who benefits financially, what the disability and bias implications look like, and why the data governance framework for this system is essentially nonexistent.

Congress, at the behest of car manufacturers, mandated a system…
FTFY