▲ 396 ▼ Volkswagen has been collecting geolocation data from their smart cars, which were accidentally made public (infosec.exchange) submitted 2 years ago by BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 60 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com [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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vakbrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dojan@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bollybing@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago Very powerful lobby in a lot of countries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vakbrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dojan@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bollybing@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago Very powerful lobby in a lot of countries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dojan@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bollybing@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago Very powerful lobby in a lot of countries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bollybing@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago Very powerful lobby in a lot of countries. permalink fedilink source parent