The free service Privacy4Cars allows car owners to pull a full report on exactly what data their car is scooping up — and explain how to erase it.

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  • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    I wonder if Apple Carplay can be developed to have privacy permission settings like other apps where you can toggle what they can access. I checked my vehicle on their site and it says it shares to the government but “silent” on insurance. Not exactly sure what silent means.

    • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      CarPlay (and Android Auto) are designed to only interact with the InCar Entertainment hardware as a display, HID input and limited ancillary hardware. It pushes Video to the display and pulls GPS data, Voice, touch and button inputs. Apple actually dictate that the ICE system cannot store any data except connectivity (Bluetooth connection keys), everything else stays on device.

      I am not going to go as far as say that OEM and aftermarket ICE aren’t able to extract information through CarPlay, and I will acknowledge that they will try to get user data through their own interfaces for the benefit of their own interfaces. I would never trust an OEM that forces users to not use CarPlay or Android Auto (ehem, GM).

      I am confident that the only reason GM are introducing their ICE platform (codenamed “Edsel”) and blocking CarPlay and Android Auto is because they believe they will be able to profit from selling user information to data brokers. I am also confident that Edsel will be just as disastrous for GM as its namesake was for Ford.

    • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Car play doesn’t even give access to the car for most things. Assuming Apple already has your data, it’s a good way to keep your data from other companies