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Your Car Is Spying on You for Insurance Companies (jacobin.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It turns out that the “Internet of Things” is full of automated snoops and spies. Data collection, now integrated into new car designs, is more pervasive than ever and is ushering in a brave new world of surveillance and corporate collusion.

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[–] nothingcorporate 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Joke's on them. I can't afford to replace my 20 year old car because everything is completely unaffordable in this hellscape

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Good news! They've been spying on you for well over 20 years at this point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My 25-year-old car is certainly not transmitting anything.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnStar

Onstar has existed since 1996. Cars have been doing this for a long time and it’s not new.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I'm sure it was possible, but I'm also sure my car doesn't do that.