Ars TechnicaMar 22, 2024

GM stops sharing driver data with brokers amid backlash

Customers, wittingly or not, had their driving data shared with insurers.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/gm-stops-sharing-driver-data-with-brokers-amid-backlash/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

GM stops sharing driver data with brokers amid backlash

Customers, wittingly or not, had their driving data shared with insurers.

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Show threadAnton PiatekMar 23, 2024
@arstechnica wow, and some drivers didn't even know the car uploaded data!
For comparison my Nissan asks every time you start it if you are OK with uploading data, to be compliant with UK law. Fairly sure it also can't be transferred to another party. (ironically Nissan are also turning that off, but that's due to 2g/3g switch off and they're cutting costs early on old models)
Show threadnivsMar 23, 2024
@sldrant The VW I have warns that it’s uploading stuff. I can reduce the data but I don’t see how I can turn it off entirely without finding the antenna and breaking it.
Show threadPeterMar 24, 2024
@nivrig @sldrant if you have a sos-button, you won' t be able to turn it off. All newer cars in the EU (since last year (?) have this system in their type approval, so it would be illegal to disable the system.
Show threadAnton Piatek
@1peewee @nivrig oh no, my cars are way bolder than that
Mar 24, 2024 at 11:53amTusky
Show threadAnton PiatekMar 24, 2024
@1peewee @nivrig but also, that's an emergency piece of data, not your daily acceleration, braking, distance and maybe location data
Show threadnivsMar 24, 2024

@sldrant @1peewee I hadn’t heard of the SOS function, but I found the button on the car now 🤣 Cheers! I didn’t mean I’d actually ever break the hardware though.

I checked the settings and everything is switched off except the emergency function. I can disable it too though, and the eSIM entirely. Happy enough with that.