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To: airdalechief

My brother brought a new car it collects all kinds of data.

The car manufacture most likely sells it to who ever will pay them.


3 posted on 02/09/2025 4:28:57 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: riverrunner

And your brother likely consented to that when he bought the car.

People need to read their paperwork.


5 posted on 02/09/2025 4:30:17 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: riverrunner

I bought a new Toyota and part of the app included is defaulted to monitor/collect driving data - I noticed it as I was looking through the functions and it said I had periods of “extreme acceleration” (getting up to speed when getting on a faster road to keep from inconveniencing other drivers), “harsh braking” (seeing how the adaptive radar cruise control worked - which is great), and other such crap...but you can opt out of them collecting that data, so I did....I hear some manufacturers don’t let you opt out.


18 posted on 02/09/2025 5:11:27 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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