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Automakers, Insurance Companies, And Apps Are Non-Transparently Spying On Your Driving Habits And Hiking Your Insurance Rates (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 4 months ago by minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I have an old car with no advanced technology whatsoever. Could this be avoided by turning off my phone while driving, or can they still acquire data?

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Depends on what kind of data collection you want to avoid

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Good question. I'd mostly like to avoid entities like my car insurance provider from collecting information on my driving, things like that.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

Then I think a degoogled ROM is more than enough

[–] trashxeos@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 months ago

I would get a faraday bag or a phone with a physically removable battery if you want to be 100% sure. Even then, it'll depend on how many traffic cams there are. It can be really difficult to not get tracked anymore.