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

• r00ty@kbin.life ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cars have had engine management since the 90s too. I remember my Ford (UK) from 1998 had engine management (including the key based transponder to immobilise the ECU). My current car is around 9 years old and doesn't have any internet connectivity. So, there's a pretty wide range to work with.

  But, yeah eventually the cars that don't invade your privacy will become not economically viable to keep running in most cases.

  But really, it won't matter in this case. Once more than half the cars on the road are reporting you to big brother insurance co, the insurers will just add a surcharge for vehicles that don't report data on you.

  Not to mention all the other increasing routes for personal data to be extracted and sold.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But, yeah eventually the cars that don’t invade your privacy will become not economically viable to keep running in most cases.

    My strategy is to pick “enthusiast” cars (which works out for me, being a car enthusiast) that will always be worth something to other enthusiasts.

    But really, it won’t matter in this case. Once more than half the cars on the road are reporting you to big brother insurance co, the insurers will just add a surcharge for vehicles that don’t report data on you.

    Is !angryupvote a thing on Lemmy yet?

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  • mx_smith@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Actually you can find many videos on YouTube that show how to disable the OnStar transmitter and you can always wrap those internal antennae in foil.

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    • r00ty@kbin.life ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How does the game industry deal with this? Pretty sure the auto industry will go the same route.

      Yeah there will be a game of cat and mouse with the die hards. Most will just roll with it when it gets too hard.

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