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Posted on 11/11/2026 6:59:07 AM PST by devane617
There are reports of AI traffic cameras watching you and your car, but now even cars are being used to track how you drive. From when and how hard you brake and accelerate to showing your geolocation data, car companies have been found to track, collect, and also sell that data. All of which has led to increases in insurance bills and a lot of angry drivers.
General Motors was found out to be secretly tracking, collecting, and selling details about driving patterns, behavior, and location. This was all done through the OnStar platform, a service that provides 24/7 support, music, and navigation. The service's fine print detailed vehicles would be used to collect data such as daily driving habits and more. That information was sold and ended up going to insurance companies who used that knowledge to evidently raise prices for its drivers. GM was taken to court where the U.S. government banned GM from sharing those details with insurers.
There have been multiple reports of this happening to drivers. Many of which filed complaints with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as they felt they were being spied on. Alongside the court hearing, several other agencies filed complaints with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filing a lawsuit against GM.
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We have arrived in the future — and it sucks.
We have arrived in the future — and it sucks.
Read the fine print, these drivers agreed to the use of theri data.
“Read the fine print...”
There is always the fine print.
My 2004, 2006, 2007 Hyundai sonatas are all nice and dumb. Since I am almost 75 and I don’t have but slightly over 100,000 miles on two of them my goal is for the car to outlast me. Now I’m not in any hurry to die so I’m hoping I can get 10 more years out of at least one of them. Two of them are only getting about 3,500 miles a year
Not to be too picky but if it’s in the fine print then it’s not secretly collecting. And I’m betting the fine print says that that once they get that information it’s theirs to use as they please.
I was recently in an auto accident which totaled my car. I am affluent and can afford something new but I chose to replace it with a nice, mint condition, 2016 vehicle that has none of that digital sht. I will never buy a car that spys on me.
I am on a travel assignment, and have been assign a little Nissan Sentra for my rental car. It actually posts the speed limit when it can on my dash. So I am cruising on I-240 with traffic all going 65+. I am in the right lane, hardly keeping up at 65 even. The dash flashes a “55 MPH speed limit” sign. at me. I will be glad to go back to my roomier 2004 Chevvy Venture, but I still miss my 1994 Buick Roadmaster.
Have no desire for LexisNexis to profit from my driving information so installed this:
2022+ GR86/BRZ Starlink/Toyota Connect DCM Delete by GJP Designs
All our other vehicles range from 14 to 36 years old.
My daily driver is a 2001 BMW 330Ci. Mostly analog stuff, knobs and push buttons. Somehow it manages to get me to the bar and back.
Mileage tax incoming!
California’s new Mexican governor has already said he’ll implement this.
Democrat governors everywhere will want to get in on this one...
MY 1976 1 ton Chevy TRUCK & MY 1979 BUICK WAGON ARE EQUALLY DUMB. OVER 569,000 COMBINED MILES
NEVER BUYING A NEW CAR-—NOT EVEN IF I WIN LOTTERY $$$$$.
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