No thanks. I do not want my privacy violated, security comprised, or have my devices depend on connectivity/degrade without connectivity. I also don’t want an insurance industry that forces us to live under the watchful eye of a behavior nanny for mundane daily things like driving.
Car Connectivity Consortium
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#22Odd, I was just testing the mirrorlink protocol on a Samsung device and discovered it was dropped last June by Samsung. I wonder if they will have better luck with this effort.
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#23> "Car Data, will create an ecosystem to link the ever-expanding set of vehicle data to authorized data usage, such as pay-how-you-drive insurance, road monitoring, and fleet management." I hope for once to be surprised with privacy features..
I'm the co-founder of https://smartcar.com and we are in an adjacent space. We provide an API for cars to make it easy for developers to integrate with vehicles. Part of that process is to let consumers go through an Oauth flow and accept permissions before an app has access to a vehicle. In my opinion, it's possible put privacy in the hands of consumers and enable developers to buidl apps for cars easily. I'm hoping…
Letting users hand over their data with just an OAuth prompt ceased to be acceptable in 2018 when Cambridge Analytica extracted data from millions of naieve Facebook users who just clicked "accept" to hand over data...
I hope your platform only allows users to hand over data to thoroughly data-security-audited companies or your platform might be in for a rude awakening...
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#24Yeah, OK. But this is why I drive a 20yo car and am serious considering replacing my current iPhone with a burner Dumb phone. The value proposition just isn't being made nor delivering anymore!
I would love to drive a dumb car that doesn't pollute the air. Alas.
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#25So no mention of any manufacturers involved, and a mailing address that matches the USB Implementers Forum. Sign me up.
That address serves as their administrative headquarters. As consortia, they have no true employees and work with an AMC to provide these functions. The CCC uses VTM Group as their AMC, much like USB-IF.
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#26Odd, I was just testing the mirrorlink protocol on a Samsung device and discovered it was dropped last June by Samsung. I wonder if they will have better luck with this effort.
Doubtful - the Twitter account last tweeted over three years ago, the website copyright date is three years old, etc.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm the co-founder of https://smartcar.com and we are in an adjacent space. We provide an API for cars to make it easy for developers to integrate with vehicles. Part of that process is to let consumers go through an Oauth flow and accept permissions before an app has access to a vehicle. In my opinion, it's possible put privacy in the hands of consumers and enable developers to buidl apps for cars easily. I'm hoping…
Letting users hand over their data with just an OAuth prompt ceased to be acceptable in 2018 when Cambridge Analytica extracted data from millions of naieve Facebook users who just clicked "accept" to hand over data... I hope your platform only allows users to hand over data to thoroughly data-security-audited companies or your platform might be in for a rude awakening...
Has a tech platform ever been successfully launched relying on thoroughly audited partner companies to get that platform off the ground?
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#28I'm going to have to go ahead and say "no" to any more connected devices until I can share in the revenue stream that monetizing my behavior and travels generates.
If you expect ad revenues to be shared with you, you'll just end up with more ads or you'll have to pay the advertisers through commissions on the product you buy (cost of advertising is always including in the sold products that were advertised for).
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#29As I understand it, the CCC's Digital Key specification is what actually powers tech like Apple's Car Key and Samsung's Digital Key. Is there a list of cars that support this spec anywhere? I haven't been able to find any information outside of a couple of press releases.
Probably the actual CCC are figuring out how this all works as we speak.
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#30Yeah, OK. But this is why I drive a 20yo car and am serious considering replacing my current iPhone with a burner Dumb phone. The value proposition just isn't being made nor delivering anymore!
20 year old cars hit the sweespot for me. They're repairable and reliable (given a reputable model), and they're new enough to have airbags.
I hope electric cars take advantage of their simplicity and become very repairable, but I'm worried given Tesla's behavior.