Posted on 09/02/2016 9:26:00 AM PDT by MarchonDC09122009
There’s no failure to warn. It’s a failure of people to bother to think through what they’re doing. It’s the problem of a largely non-technical populace surrounding themselves with high tech objects they have no idea how they work. They told the car to talk to the phone, and vice versa, and somewhere in that manual they didn’t bother to read it says that during that conversation the car will download a bunch of data for smoother operation. It also says how to delete that data, but they didn’t bother to read that either. Now they leave a bunch of data behind, and they insist it’s somebody elses’ fault.
There’s 4 simple letters that have been able to solve this problem for decades. But nobody bothers:
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It links to your contacts but only when the phone is there. It will display “Zeebee’s Phone” for the next customer if I don’t delete it, but that next person cannot get to my data.
So as I understand it, it links to your phones data when connected, but doesn’t download and store it.
I think this is a bogus scare.
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somewhere in that manual they didn’t bother to read it says that during that conversation the car will download a bunch of data for smoother operation. It also says how to delete that data, but they didn’t bother to read that either.
Only if it can be demonstrated to actually say that, but there are Thousands of CIVIL Tort Cases that have been won for an OBSCURE FAILURE TO WARN, that Nobody would ever find or read.
I agree with to a certain extent, but a Good Lawyer would take apart their case in a few short minutes.
It does. Also keep in mind the cars are designed with owners not renters in mind. The vast majority of the time nobody is going to be bothered by the fact that THEIR car is storing their data. It’s only when it’s NOT their car that it becomes a problem. And truth be told it wouldn’t even need to be in the manual if people bothered to actually understand a little bit about their technology and think it through. Everybody who actually works with technology reads this article and says “well yeah, of course the car still has the data on it, how did you think this worked”. The problem really is that most people didn’t bother to think.
Bkmk
Wrong.
1. The rental car Co software does not expressedly present informed consent as to what and why personal device data is uploaded.
2. Most people don’t think of personal device data exfiltration by connecting to a car stereo to play tunes, or safely make hands free phone calls.
3. Also, it isn’t just bluetooth connection where data upload occurs.
The car’s USB port is also a problem, since individuals may use that to conveniently charge their phone and now couples their device to the rental car’s entertainment system software.
RE: “The headline is amisleading. The rental car doesn’t “steal” phone data. If you like your phone to the rental car’s system, it copies it. Solution — don’t link your phone to the rental car’s system.”
But, but real men don’t read manuals or ask for directions.
It’s not hacking
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