Ford Panopticon: Crowd-Sourced Car Tracking Revealed in New Patent (fuelarc.com)

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We all know automakers want to keep tabs on their cars. Stolen vehicle tracking? Sure. Fleet management? Fine. Microphone eavesdropping to serve more ads? Hate it, but OK, that’s a thing. Hold onto your tin-foil hats: Ford just filed a patent for something that takes vehicle tracking into full-blown Twilight Zone territory. Always-On Tracking… In Your Car, or Somebody Else’s.

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[-] NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

This is why I scream curses constantly inside my car. Go ahead and mine that data fuckwads. You're gonna learn I fucking hate NJ drivers.

[-] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

Until they sell that data to your auto insurance company.

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

WYM until? https://www.reddit.com/r/GenesisMotors/comments/1fcs5hc/automakers_are_selling_your_driving_data_to/

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