We all know automakers want to keep tabs on their cars. Stolen vehicle tracking? Sure. Fleet management? Fine. Microphone eavesdropping to serve more ads? Hate it, but OK, that’s a thing. Hold onto your tin-foil hats: Ford just filed a patent for something that takes vehicle tracking into full-blown Twilight Zone territory. Always-On Tracking… In Your Car, or Somebody Else’s.
The car listening to everything you say is absolutely not ok.
I get that’s not what this article is about, but I hate how they’re getting creepier and creepier things normalized.
It’s why the rare times I end up going in my college club instructors EV I tend to stay fairly quiet. Quieter than normal.
Unfortunately I think the ICE cars are just as stalkerish at this point (if the EV=creepy implication is intended). Kia and nissan even have bits in their privacy policies about monitoring sexual activity somehow.
I am simply flabbergasted to find that you are correct about KIA.
Collected information: Health, sex life, or sexual orientation.
Oh man I was just repeating what I read from an article, but there’s so much more in that list.
racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs; union membership; genetic data; unique biometric information; citizenship or immigration status; contents of certain mail, emails, and text messages; or health, sex life or sexual orientation information.
Surely none of this could be used for nefarious purposes, right?
This is why I scream curses constantly inside my car. Go ahead and mine that data fuckwads. You’re gonna learn I fucking hate NJ drivers.
Naw, stupid easy for automated systems to clean up.
Your life, activities, and habits will be mined by machines in order to target to and to adjust and mold your habits to best fit
your masterswhoever wants your loyalty in ways sometimes imperceptible to you.Consumed by companies and governments alike to target people both for monitization, and for enforcement action against the laws or political views at the time. Purchased by employers or potential employers to monitor and analyze your personal life and habits, to determine whether you are or are going to be a good worker bee. Shared with health providers and insurance companies so they can determine how and when they need to deny you service or care.
Mentioned something bad about the company CEO on the drive? Shouldn’t have done that. Talked about a pre-existing condition with your spouse? Shouldn’t have done that. Talked about your kids mental health problems in the car? Welp, now anyone with $ knows too for the rest of their life.
You don’t want your detailed data in the hands of tyrants, it will be used against you or others near you.
(Yes, everything I mentioned here already happens to some degree, yes employers can and do purchase your data from data brokers to judge your personal life. Yes health insurance will do everything within their power to deny anything they can)
