Mathias Payer (@[email protected])
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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 🤯 https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/en/event/wir-wissen-wo-dein-auto-steht-volksdaten-von-volkswagen/ #Volksdaten
  • Vakbrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Let’s be real, any VW cars with a head unit with maps capabilities and a SIM card are certainly tracked down. Why would it be limited to electric drivetrain cars only? There’s no GPS in the motors… It’s in the head unit

    • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      4 months ago

      This echoes my thought. A friend of mine had a petrol driven Golf from like 2019 or so with an app he could use to access it. I think it had a GPS built in, so I don’t see why VW wouldn’t have been able to record that.

      Car manufacturers don’t face nearly enough scrutiny or regulation as they ought.

      • bollybingEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        Very powerful lobby in a lot of countries.