There is a very good chance it is collecting and sending data even if you aren’t subscribing to the services. The modem is there, GPS is there, sensors are there, and someone will pay for information about you. It’s a no brainer for them.
Well so these articles say how data is collected and where it might be going, but they don’t say much about that intermediate step of how the data is being sent if I’m not connecting my vehicle to a network or to the auto maker’s app unless I missed something.
I’m curious to know how my data would be offloaded if I don’t use the app and the car doesn’t have a data connection. I’m sure the dealership will get a data dump when they hook up the OBD cable for maintenance, but other than that how does the data leave the vehicle?
If the car doesn’t have any data connection at all then it probably isn’t (mine is in the same boat), but that is fewer and fewer cars these days. That is different than the situation where the car does have the option for some sort of connected telematics but a person does not subscribe to it. They are still likely being used behind the scenes even if the owner doesn’t touch them.
Mozilla has a separate article about how data is collected.
There is a very good chance it is collecting and sending data even if you aren’t subscribing to the services. The modem is there, GPS is there, sensors are there, and someone will pay for information about you. It’s a no brainer for them.
(Mozilla’s full Privacy Not Included breaks stuff down by manufacturer)
Well so these articles say how data is collected and where it might be going, but they don’t say much about that intermediate step of how the data is being sent if I’m not connecting my vehicle to a network or to the auto maker’s app unless I missed something.
I’m curious to know how my data would be offloaded if I don’t use the app and the car doesn’t have a data connection. I’m sure the dealership will get a data dump when they hook up the OBD cable for maintenance, but other than that how does the data leave the vehicle?
If the car doesn’t have any data connection at all then it probably isn’t (mine is in the same boat), but that is fewer and fewer cars these days. That is different than the situation where the car does have the option for some sort of connected telematics but a person does not subscribe to it. They are still likely being used behind the scenes even if the owner doesn’t touch them.