The amount of information tracked and stored by modern cars is enormous – and creates privacy concerns.
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The amount of information tracked and stored by modern cars is enormous – and creates privacy concerns.
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Digging my '94 Bronco. Old school is the best school. Easiest way to get manufacturers to drop this tech is to stop buying new cars with this crap.
just to let you know yes your 02 explorer saves a bunch of information. even early to mid 80 cars store a lot of information. people who know how to decipher it can get it but as time goes on computers got smarter and smaller they can do more and tell more
I'm just waiting for vehicle owners to sue their car makers, at least in the EU as an EDR system in a car that records data off a phone which is not readily accessible/controllable by the owner is probably a violation of the right to be forgotten. At a minimum when an owner sells their vehicle to another party there needs to be a method of clearing/resetting this data from the previous owner.
Steve, Might you please have a link for the story from which you learned about this?
Steve's Ford Explorer "Since you haven't driven me for a while, I will shut down some of my brain functions. Don't worry. Next time you get in me and fire me up I will come out of suspended animation and drive you wherever you want to go. Provided it is compatible with my directives."
Why is so much storage capacity available that allows this much data to be stored? This complete knowledge may be the government's push for electric vehicles?
Another way this tech gets used is after a MVA, all the data (speed, braking, steering angle, signal use, etc.) can tell the story of the accident with way more precision than the old school accident reconstruction expert. As a lawyer, I’ve worked a number of car wreck personal injury cases over the last 20 years, and it’s been fascinating to see the tech changes evolve. Thx for the great vid! Can you provide a link to the episode where the store employee tried to hack you with your old phone? Thx again!
Picked up a "curb" computer once to see if their were any part in it I could use. The previous owner left the HDD in-tact, including copies of past tax returns on which-ever tax program it was. I was a bit surprised anyone would be so reckless with their personal information. The computer itself was a generation behind my then current one, so nothing there for me. I ended up wiping the HDD and re-curbing it. Someone else picked it up before the garbage truck came.
When I worked GM product allegation department, we frequently downloaded the black box. Most for brake failures, but the black box showed the accelerator pedal was to the floor and the brakes were never applied. Other cases, where the customer claimed they were barely moving at the time of the crash, but the box shows them grossly exceeding the speed limit at the time. People lie all the time, like I was wearing a seatbelt, and it failed, but the box shows the belts were never used. Fun job!
Guess I'll keep my 69 F100 going then.