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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I'm missing something. How is the data actually collected? How does it get out of my car? My car doesn't have any cellular features other than CarPlay. It has wifi, but I've never used it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Potentially when you put it in for a service, could also be using bluetooth

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

People take their cars to dealership garages? Fuck that noise lmao

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I hear you, but wiith new cars its often a condition of the warranty to use official dealers

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

It seems a lot of the new ones have a cellular modem. On the surface it's to let you remotely access the car or do a remote start. Even if you don't pay to subscribe and use it for your purposes they can utilize it to transfer out the data.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Cellular is usually how the vehicle provides Wi-Fi, it is effectively just a cell hotspot like you would get from a ohone carrier, but tied into the vehicle. So I think that would be the common way they get the data out.