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Automatic Transmission – a data-privacy study of connected vehicles

262 points · 235 comments · rafaelc

  1. prasadvara · · focus · HN ↗
    The ongoing theme of all these responses was shifting the blame to the consumer.

    As expected. I think consumers also need to push back on these practices, but the problem is, majority of consumers are tech savy but not privacy savy.

    1. slowin · · focus · HN ↗
      I'd love to push back, I'm not sure what that looks like though. I can't even get an open source/open hardware phone that's decent, let alone a car.
      1. ad_fontes · · focus · HN ↗
        You might want to check out Slate. It's about the closest thing to an open vehicle platform I can imagine.
        1. wiml · · focus · HN ↗
          Does Slate actually make any statements about the level of telematics/surveillance in their vehicles?
          1. goda90 · · focus · HN ↗
            They say their vehicles have no modem by default, only leaving it as an option for fleet users. They also have no infotainment system to contain any sort of camera or microphone.
            1. CarVac · · focus · HN ↗
              They do have a backup camera.
              1. themaninthedark · · focus · HN ↗
                It's required by law...
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