Cars collect a lot of our personal data, and car companies disclose a lot of that data to third parties. It’s often unclear what’s being collected, and what’s being shared and with whom. A recent New York Times article highlighted how data is shared by G.M. with insurance companies, sometimes without clear knowledge from the driver. If you’re curious about what your car knows about you, you might be able to find out. In some cases, you may even be able to opt out of some of that sharing of data.
Looks like a lot of info is shared through the manufacturer’s app which interacts with the car. Easy to avoid if you don’t install the app.
What we’re all here looking to avoid is the car itself uploading data. The article isn’t as clear about that, I guess since it depends so much on your exact model of vehicle.Me: Oh please mister surveillance capitalism, oh please don’t track my personal data please.
MrSC: heh heh heh. Sure, kid. You got it. thumbs up
My car is a 2013, my truck is a 2003, they don’t know shit.
Thanks I opted out via the eff links to my car manufacturer.
Same. Apparently my car is a “smart phone on wheels”, so they were getting pretty much everything.
Best ways to circumvent this:
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Buy a pre-2000s car. Sure, cars were going high tech before but this was long before IoT became a thing.
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Ditch the car all together and get into to cycling and e-bike culture.
Not possible for people that commute miles/km to work
Not with that attitude and those wimpy legs.
Some people are required to wear a suit and not smell like a pig, after a bike ride of 25miles to work would do.
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