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Your car wants to know about your sex life

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Posted By: mseegal, 9/7/2023 12:01:24 PM

Cars are increasingly filming, recording and tracking drivers and passengers, new report finds....Car manufacturers are collecting troves of data on drivers and passengers — some even tracking drivers' sexual activity ... Nissan said it could sell information about drivers and passengers’ sexual activity, intelligence and health diagnosis to data brokers, law enforcement agencies and other companies. German manufacturer Volkswagen said it could record drivers’ voices to profile them for targeted ads...the very fact of being a passenger in one of its cars implies consenting to their privacy policy.

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Since when are car companies entitled to a “privacy policy” and the owner of the car isn’t?

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Venturer 9/7/2023 12:09:08 PM (No. 1551177)
Fall Carlisle is coming up and finely rebuilt classic cars made before computers will be on sale there. Just a thought.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: kono 9/7/2023 12:33:44 PM (No. 1551200)
Infrastructure for evil -- a new Babel for the new world. There WAS a time when tech served us and not vice-versa... Lord, have mercy.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: chumley 9/7/2023 1:12:20 PM (No. 1551243)
It started a long time ago in my life when the military had stickers on phones that said "use of this phone constitutes consent to monitoring". And they got away with it. There were no other options for phones at the time, so there was no choice. I didnt consent to anything. I cant wait for the firing squads.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Starboard_side 9/7/2023 1:16:23 PM (No. 1551247)
Curious that they continue to own the information collected by your vehicle even after they no longer own it.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: padiva 9/7/2023 1:28:48 PM (No. 1551265)
#1 I live in that county. But, atlas, I will be working at a big box store in the mall at the eastern side of the county.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: DVC 9/7/2023 1:37:31 PM (No. 1551274)
I have always made certain that my cars have NO ability to connect to cell nets or internet. I rented a car, some years ago, in Cinncinnatti, to drive to a software supplier's site for a conference. As I was driving away from the rental agency, I reached up to adjust the rearview mirror. Suddenly, a woman's voice came from the radio speaker...."What is your emergency?" What the hell? "Who is this? I have no emergency" I say, confused. "This is the OnStar operator, you pressed the emergency button." "Not intentionally. Where is this button?" "On the rearview mirror in most vehicles, sir." "OK, well no emergency. Good bye." "Good bye, sir." And THAT is how I vowed to be certain to NEVER get a vehicle with any such insanity. And now we find that just like those damned Amazon spies in your home, whatever they are called, these cars are spying, too. Just say "NO" to all this "tech" crap.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: offrope 9/7/2023 2:04:25 PM (No. 1551294)
At 70 years old, I'll gladly brag about any sex life I still have. I'll even embellish it a little. All they need to do is ask.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Sorosisbehindit 9/7/2023 3:06:55 PM (No. 1551327)
Hopefully a car manufacturer like Hyundai will advertise that they choose not to eavesdrop on their customers. It would likely be a huge boost in their sales and cause others to declare their decision as well. Same goes for smart tvs that will not eavesdrop or have an unwanted camera into your bedroom. Give me a brand and I will buy it.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Faithfully 9/7/2023 6:24:51 PM (No. 1551466)
...then my car is in idle and up on blocks.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: formerNYer 9/7/2023 7:45:55 PM (No. 1551511)
I'm glad there was no cameras in my 1972 Plymoth Duster!
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