Volkswagen has been collecting geolocation data from their smart cars, which were accidentally made public
Volkswagen has been collecting geolocation data from their smart cars, which were accidentally made public
Attached: 1 image As it turns out, Volkswagen has been collecting extensive geo data from all their electric cars and made them available online in an AWS bucket. Almost 10TB of geo traces from 15 MiO cars. Amazing detail and patterns. This is why I don't want a smart car 𤯠https://events.ccc.de/c...
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It's a well known privacy issue to those who care about privacy. Itâs Official: Cars Are Terrible at Privacy and Security
The good news is that it this information will eventually reach the insurance companies. That should help with terrible car drivers getting some incentives and disincentives to not suck so much.
Automakers Are Sharing Consumersâ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies - The New York Times
If you want freedom, you get a bicycle.
Nah, it'll just make insurance more expensive and allow them to have more excuses to deny claims. Giving insurance companies more data to work with is never a good thing.
Deny claims and raise the premium.
Don't want to deal with car insurance? Help end car dependency.
Slow!=good, slow is just slow. Driving 25 in a 35 doesn't make you a better driver.
But lowering the speed limit to 25 and redisigning the street so 25 feels fast does increase safety.
Putting digital GPS governors in all the cars to limit them to the speed limit also increases safety. If e-bikes are dangerous enough to require governors, then cars certainly need them as well.
Neither of these ideas are remotely related to the topic. There's probably arguments for and against both of your points, but that doesn't matter.