To report this story, Reuters contacted more than 300 former Tesla employees who had worked at the company over the past nine years and were involved in developing its self-driving system.
The company requires car owners to grant permission on the cars’ touchscreens before Tesla collects their vehicles’ data.
Reuters found that Tesla employees shared clips that captured sensitive and embarrassing personal moments.
Tesla’s own data labelers initially worked in the San Francisco Bay area, including the office in San Mateo.
According to several ex-employees, some labelers shared screenshots, sometimes marked up using Adobe Photoshop, in private group chats on Mattermost, Tesla’s internal messaging system.