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Volkswagen has been collecting geolocation data from their smart cars, which were accidentally made public (infosec.exchange)
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[–] 30 points 2 years ago (4 children)

What models have they tracked?

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    all their electric cars

    ...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Does my 2021 Seat Leon FR PHEV count as an EV in this case?

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    PHEV

    Electric is in the name...

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Oh, fuck off with your sarcastic answers, sometimes a PHEV does count as an EV, other times it absolutely does not count.

    So where does it state that PHEVs are counted in this case?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hey it looks like some other guy didn't help you much. I'm not going to help much either but I'd imagine that if your model has any kind of smart infotainment type of thing then it's probably being tracked. I mean, from a business perspective, why wouldn't you? It'd be lovely to have systems that allow you to navigate, take photos, listen to music, contact friends...without spying on you. Sadly, I don't think companies see such things as being in their interests.

    If you do find a list anywhere, I'd be interested to know. I don't have a VW - just a petrol ford focus, but I imagine that my data is being collected in much the same way as this.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I suspect as much.

    Still, it would be nice to get a clear yes/no answer.

    I am already certain that my car is one of those privacy nightmares as reported on by Mozilla, and it would be good to know how screwed I actually am.

    As for why a car maker wouldn't track the car and spy on the occupants, GDPR is a huge reason, I just hope that it gets used

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Well yes - I don't think it's a stretch to say that legislation is our best hope here. Not in my country, mind you, where I guarantee you that all we will get is lip-service to privacy, data protection, etc.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    ....

    The. Name. Does. Not. Mean. Anything. Unless. Specified. Directly.

    For fuck sake.

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  • [–] [S] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hard to know as the whole presentation hasn't been released yet, for now only people who were in the conference room would know.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    In the now-released video, he mentions that it's all the cars that use the MED-platform, which happens to be electric cars.

    Specifically, he mentions these models:

    • VW ID.3, ID.4, ID.5, ID.7
    • Skoda Enyaq
    • Audi Q4 e-tron
    • Seat Cupra Born

    I don't know, if this is a comprehensive list.

    It's mentioned around 3:30 in the video.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ah, thank you!

    So the Leon is not included, thank you for clearing that up (:

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    They do actually mention the Leon on one slide at 13:48 and then another at 16:35. The first is related to enrollment data, which is basically whether you're using their app + some metadata. The second one relates to their fleet management solution, which does allow them to collect position data, apparently. But I think, the Leon is not part of this leak, at least. At 22:26, they show the list of models that are part of the leak and the Leon is not mentioned.

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