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I'm a londoner and we have here a system of public transport which is controlled by cards ('oyster' cards, RFID credit card sized things - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_card ). Not exactly to address your point but they're a good way of tracking individuals so I always try to pay anonymously (cash) and never register it. I should probably buy a new one every few months but usually forget. FYI anyway. Privacy a…
They can recognize your face as you tap at the turnstile. Maybe they don’t do it now, but if they currently don’t they will in the name of anti-terrorism.
Nice coincidence with the article is I had a 2017 Volt. Great car, hated OnStar. First just trying to make them go away is nearly impossible and GM was doing their best to link even remote start on the app to having an account; it may actually be so but I sold it before the grace period expired.
OnStar is an example of how car makers are expecting to profit off cars once they leave the lot. Go look at the rates OnStar wants and for what. We had more than one update go around where features were going to be stripped from the app without subscription to basic information promised originally was to be moved to a premium category. I can honestly say OnStar was in my top three for reasons for leaving my Volt.
Yes, they can send you driving habit data if you opt in. I have a similar feature with a small blue tooth device for State Farm in my Tesla; connects to my phone and such and scores driving. Going to see what it does over six months. Currently my impression of it is that it thinks I take ever turn too fast; always one star out of five unless I come to full stop. It also will deduct points for going eight miles over speed limits. It rates acceleration, deceleration, turning, speeding, and phone use. On phone use it logs it but does not score for it as it could be a passenger.
Answers on a postcard please :-)
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They can recognize your face as you tap at the turnstile. Maybe they don’t do it now, but if they currently don’t they will in the name of anti-terrorism.
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Your post comes across as an ad-hominem attack. I read the post you're replying to as a warning, nothing more.
Most car makers are global - and sell heavily in European markets, which are covered by the GDPR. So I suspect that for these manufacturers, many brands will be GDPR compliant by default. That said: - Under what principle is data collected (Article 6) - What measures have they put in place to enable access to PI (Article 15) - How consent may be withdrawn (Article 7) - How consent may be obtained when a vehicle is so…
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> Do people like you.... Your post comes across as an ad-hominem attack. I read the post you're replying to as a warning, nothing more.
It was was ad hom because I see his reply as outright destructive. If the poster replied, I'd be happy to talk and to delete my post and perhaps we both could gain. And I'd feel a lot happier! I'd feel like something changed.
But instead, downvotes instead of answers.
I've had enough of HN. So many smart people, but then the rest... Please feel free to flag that post of mine. DanG, please ban me.