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 threadK. Reid Wightman  🌻  
@danyork @pluralistic making a list is hard because it varies widely by model and trim, even among one carmaker. I have a car with no telematics, but the higher ‘luxury trims’ from the same year/same model DO have a cellular modem (and, I assume, these share data with the mfr and its 10,000 closest friends). If anyone builds such a list it will be incredibly nuanced, using it to drive (pardon the pun) a purchase decision may be difficult.
Mar 4, 2023 at 2:26pmWeb