Erik King staring at a dude. Top text: "Me", bottom text: "The new car I just bought (in the EU)"
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[–] 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

Automakers collect and store all data by default. If there's no law saying they CAN'T collect it then they're gonna collect it.

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  • [–] 17 points 4 months ago

    Data is a valuable commodity. I think one car company filed a patent not long ago for a system that listens to conversations in the car and then serves advertisements on the central console based on those.

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