• @Monument
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    1 month ago

    It already does, and auto manufacturers already share or sell this data.

    Heck, because there’s a massive loophole in consumer privacy around the government buying data, any government agency can just go directly to a vehicle manufacturer and ask to buy the data.

    There was a big flap about this regarding car insurance recently, but as pointed out by the EFF (How to Figure Out What Your Car Knows About You), industry folks have been looking at monetizing this data for a while for all sorts of purposes, including advertising, consumer data sales, and even behavior analysis to understand how to better force consumers to pay for vehicle-based subscriptions.

    We own nothing, not even our privacy.

    • @tal@lemmy.today
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      41 month ago

      It already does,

      Yes, but they weren’t legally required to do this prior to this point.