Could it also be used to record and the be sent to the car manufacturer for later use
Think about it. If you have a microphone in your car for SOS calls and for chatting with your in car system like Hi! Proton, Hello! BMW and Hi! Audi it also means that the data and call center could be listening and also recording your every in car conversation and also tracking your personal movements?
Taking advantage of modern technological conveniences often requires us to give it certain pieces of personal information. You will have to allow it to know your current location, your driving pattern, your hidden secret visits, your in car business conversations, your smart phones messages, your passwords even and more.
Everyone knows today’s cars are just computers with wheels. The long waits for a new car and the slow delivery and production in car production over the last several years, due in large part to a lack of silicon for chips, is proof of how deeply embedded tech already is.
As the years go on consumers can be confident digital technologies will only become more prominent part of their transportation experiences. This constant connection to the internet also means more potential for surveillance.
As far back as 2013, there was already issues with tracking via high technology screens in modern cars.
A new car these days is no different. A modern car with Bluetooth, navigation and an event data recorder is capable of knowing where you have been, who you have called, what your texts say and even whether you are wearing your seatbelt.
But before you get worried and dump your new high tech car for fear that Big Brother is tracking your every move, it is important to know that much of the personal information you can give to a car is optional.
Data from cars could be used to teach more sophisticated algorithms to recognize when a person is, say, safely scrolling through the car’s infotainment system during an easy drive on a tolled highway.
When a driver is trying to multitask, researchers who study the psychology and mechanics of driving tend to evaluate their distraction based on whether their eyes are coming back to the road often, and for long enough, to reestablish a sense for where their car and other vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians are in space.
Driver-monitoring systems may eventually be able to combine information from the car’s many sensors to, for example, determine that a driver isn’t sufficiently paying attention when their vehicle is about to be hit hard and tighten their seat belt.
So, are willing to allow some tech employee in an electric car manufacturer data center have access to all your travel information, in car conversation and more.
