The decision followed a New York Times report this month that G.M. had, for years, been sharing data about drivers’ mileage, braking, acceleration and speed with the insurance industry. The drivers were enrolled — some unknowingly, they said — in OnStar Smart Driver, a feature in G.M.’s internet-connected cars that collected data about how the car had been driven and promised feedback and digital badges for good driving.
If the article link contains a paywall, you can consider reading this alternative article instead: ‘GM Stops Sharing Driver Data With Brokers Amid Backlash’ on Ars Technica.
Stopped sharing… until they can manage the pr? No way they’re letting go of that revenue stream.
Not sharing the driving behavior… for now. Any faucet that can be turned off can be turned on again.
Yup. I’ll trust them when they let us turn it off and on.
Cars shouldn’t have Internet connectivity and telemetry collection at all. I don’t care what “quality of life” improvements they bring, if they use it to spy on and profit off their customers after paying for the vehicle then it should be banned. I know most people don’t give a shit about their privacy but when it starts affecting their wallet, they will.
Cut the power to the OnStar module and cut the wire to the cell antenna. Cars do not need to connect to the Internet… Ever
oh they pinky promised so it must be true
I’m going to be driving my cars from 2016 and 2014 forever, aren’t I?
I’d like a resource that lists each model of car and the last year they were made without data connections, or ones that depended on subscriptions that you can just decline or easily disable. I have a car from 2013 but am wondering if I should upgrade it to a latest good model before people start preferring those and the used price goes up even more.
This might be a stupid question, but this wouldn’t have anything to do with a lot of onstar units not being able to connect to 4g now that 3g is being phased out, now would it?
“for now”
