I explained to my wife how cars listen in on your conversations and she thinks I’m totally nuts.
I wish I was … but this is the reality we live in. Sorry you can’t accept it.
Normies have no idea these things are happening…
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How do people think they get all those personalized shopping lists and ads?
Checking your browser history and chaining cookies is just one of the very small vectors by which information is collected and put up for behavioral analysis.
A good example to pick at for this are the Alexa incidents - Curious of what she has to say about those...
This was confirmed years ago by OnStar operators.
They even know how much you weigh! Since anything over ~10lbs triggers the airbag and seatbelt sensor.
And so much more.
nostr:npub1nnn379gxen6tn8erft6fh43q905g82q0jks4t3hf58pkl4l8srrsyjkzrt from what year did they not have all this bullshit. Can you gut out data collection as a service? I want an analog 911 with peach grills and surf rack.
That doesn't necessarily mean they have your weight. A sensor that triggers at a fixed weight is gonna be waaaay cheaper than an actual scale that can maintain any degree of calibration over a decade as people plop into their seats.
The article I linked links to a NY Times article on this. But its behind a paywall. This, I believe, is the same article. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/opinion/car-repair-data-privacy.html
It says "Cars not only know how much we weigh but also track how much weight we gain. They know how fast we drive, where we live, how many children we have — even financial information. Connect a phone to a car, and it knows who we call and who we text."
I love/hate how informative Naomi Brockwell is. Here is more information on how nefarious it really is:
Why do they need to know our sexual activity?
Every smartphone is listening. Well, maybe not phones running Graphene OS.
Lots of info out there on this:
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/categories/cars/
I did a podcast on this from the perspective of a "dealer" who would have access to this information, mostly without your consent so long as I had your VIN number.
https://www.vaughnnugent.com/podcast?e=e1452640c5c3e6c856968cd5eaedfac2abb77169