Dan YorkMar 4, 2023

Are there ANY car manufacturers NOT selling data about you / your car?

Reading @pluralistic 's Feb 28 piece about VW tracking cars (and not providing the info unless you pay): https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/28/kinderwagen/

Cory Doctorow writes:
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> And yet, here we are. Like most (all?) major car makers, Volkswagen has filled its vehicles with surveillance gear, and has a hot side-hustle as a funnel for the data-brokerage industry.
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Is anyone keeping a list of car manufacturers who are NOT doing this?

Pluralistic: VW wouldn’t locate kidnapped child because his mother didn’t pay for find-my-car subscription (28 Feb 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Show threadjoshbuddy
@danyork @pluralistic is it possible to aftermarket modify a car to NOT do this?
Mar 4, 2023 at 1:54pmWeb
Show threadDan YorkMar 4, 2023
@joshbuddy @pluralistic That's a good question. I would suspect that with at least a few manufacturers you might run into "anti-tampering" systems that would cause other problems with your car.