07-18-2023, 08:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-18-2023, 08:55 PM by quattro4awd.)
(07-12-2023, 09:02 AM)Sodertalje Wrote: True and regarding to privacy: Why does Volvo not allow to see my own car when it's in use? What's the thought behind all this? It's MY car and if I lend to a friend or family member, I think I have the right to see where MY car is at any time.
there has to be safety features in place that do not allow unauthorized access to information that could lead to someone's harm (driver/owner) from this information being made available to anybody that requests it.
if there is that much concern when loaning out your vehicle, maybe consider a GPS tracker for vehicles. I can see where that could be useful especially if you have teens / inexperienced drivers using the vehicle.
I would say-- the vast majority of "connected device" businesses / manufacturers are guilty of collecting, manipulation, "sharing", selling, etc., metadata for it's revenue generation capabilities regardless if it is truly necessary to do so. currently its not illegal for them to do it, so exploiting the loophole for a profit is just "good business" to them.
because in the end it all boils down to the simple fact that... what is just /right (thing to do) / ethical / moral, etc. is not what really matters... the only really important consideration is what can be proven in a court of law.
even though they claim the data is "anonymized" and without "identifiers" anyone with the right skillset and/or software (that is readily available) can aggregate the information and form identifying patterns, locations, actions, etc.
For these reasons I hope that OrBit can intervene and disrupt the ability of this unrestricted metadata collection by Volvo and it's 3rd party suppliers / vendors. the chances of the legality of this metadata collection changing is probably not going to happen, and if it does, it will be years before it actually gets implemented on a broad scale for the end-users.