Comment on Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies

ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A lot of car makers use a cellular connection collect this data. You need to disable that too.

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  • ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I agree it should be codified, but have no hope that our fascist leaning lawmakers won’t gladly accept $$ from insurance companies and automakers to do what they want to do anyways.

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    • RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We’re headed rapidly toward a social credit system, but run by our corporate overlords instead of government. To quote The Stupendium:

      You seem so surprised, what did you expect?

      We’re thinking outside of that box that you checked

      The terms were presented in full to inspect

      You scrolled to the end just to get to “Accept”

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      • r00ty@kbin.life ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The other side of that coin is, if we all read the bullshit extended legalise in every licence/privacy agreement for everything we've ever used, we'd never do anything else but read them.

        Besides which, it's not like there's a choice aside from accepting the agreement or not using the thing. Alternatives? All have similar agreements attached.

        Basically, this is just a symptom of how much "better" modern life is. But hey, at least we don't need to worry about lions eating us quite so much.

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      • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        We’re basically already there with credit scores.

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      • 0x0@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Insert southpark centipede meme here.

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    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It only impossible if you don’t try

      Reach out to your reps

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  • Magister@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yep, all cars connected so you can pay $20/month for remote start and things like this. The only way to disable cellular connection in the car is to unplug the cell antenna from the module. You have to dig the information online to find where is the module and have to disassemble the dash to do so maybe? But it’s te only way. Even if you don’t pay, the connection will still work and manufacturer receives all info.

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  • BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is one of the reasons I never want a car with it’s own internet connection. I’ll stick to plugging in my phone, where I’m very stingy with which apps even get location data, much less the “physical activity history” permission which allows this kind of continuous tracking (and which is usually needed because it uses Google’s algorithms / possibly neural nets to guess whether you’re driving or walking based on accelerometer / gyro / gps / magnetometer sensor fusion).

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  • FalseMyrmidon@kbin.run ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The location tracking on my phone is in no way precise enough to determine this info.

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    • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol, that’s cute that you think that.

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      • FalseMyrmidon@kbin.run ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You've never had the location or direction be incorrect in Google Maps?

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    • FilterItOut@thelemmy.club ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Maybe your phone, but the insurance company’s app lives on a relative’s phone, and it can determine the same things mentioned in the article.

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    • 0x0@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I miss my Nokia 3210 too.

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