Your Car Is Sharing Data With Big Tech Companies, Study Finds - Consumer Reports
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New study finds cars send driver data to Big Tech companies, including locations, VINs, and other identifiers.
  • asbestos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    4 hours ago

    Cars had standalone GNSS (GPS) for quite a while. GNSS itself doesn’t require internet. It’s output is coordinates and elevation - it’s the “gotta have internet to load the map in which I’ll show you the coordinates” that makes people associate GNSS with internet.

    • Buckshot@programming.devEnglish
      4·
      4 hours ago

      Unless it has local maps like mine that are now a decade out of date. It’s completely useless now but i refuse to pay several 100 for the update.

      • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        29 minutes ago

        If it’s a decade out of date, it may be old enough that the maps live on a DVD or SD card, in which case you might be able to get updated maps for free. Yarr!