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John S:
I was intrigued when recently a friend of mine told me an aquaintance of his in the military had to shut off lots of functions on a hired car to stop 3rd party tracking.
Routinely military user cars are checked over to make sure no data collection is possible by auto makers or others, he said.

Personally I'd never heard of car makers collecting real time data, and more to the point giving access to 3rd or even 5th, 6th, 7th parties.
Just shows how big brother is circling in on us all!  :swoon:

Jericoke:
It doesn't surprise me, ever since GM 'onstar' knew to call when there was an accident, people had to know the car was both recording and sending information.

If you follow trials of car accidents, you understand how much data cars are collecting.

There was a lady who ran over a family in a Costco parking lot, and she swore up and down that she had her foot planted on the break, but the car's computer showed her foot was planted on the gas.

And given we're (as a society) okay with phones and TVs collecting data, surely our car isn't where we'd draw the line.

cosworth151:
Many car insurance companies have devices that plug into the car's OBD reader port to allow them to monitor the insuree's driving habits.

Dare:

--- Quote from: cosworth151 on April 02, 2026, 06:11:53 PM ---Many car insurance companies have devices that plug into the car's OBD reader port to allow them to monitor the insuree's driving habits.

--- End quote ---

My insurance company offered me one to see if I was eligible for a safe
driver discount. I was afraid my rates might double so I passed

lkjohnson1950:
Fortunately, my car is from well before 2018. My phone is another matter. I had most of the tracking turned off, but started working for Door Dash and they insist you turn tracking on and leave it on. Why they need my location when I'm not signed in, who knows.

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