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Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? The insurance industry, hungry for insights into how people drive, has turned to automakers and smartphone apps like Life360. (www.nytimes.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There are dealerships that install aftermarket devices in their cars.

There are tutorials on YouTube: How to start your car if it has been remotely turned off by the dealership.

It ranges between disconnecting the battery and starting the car before the device from the dealership has connected to how to find it under your dash.

[โ€“] Sam_Bass 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah i figured as much but my vehicle is 17 years old and not really worth the hassle