The Last Private Room

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The Last Private Room

The automobile was once a place to disappear. Connected vehicles are making that privacy harder to preserve.

Analyzing Trends

Aug 07, 2026

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Edgar G. Ulmer’s *Detour* (1945) turned the American road into a place where mobility promised reinvention but produced exposure. Eighty years later, the car is still negotiating that contradiction.

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