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If they were forced to tell, why would anyone pay for the service? Why would Honda keep the service around if Honda had to foot the bill and not be compensated
by ronnier 7y ago
If they were forced to tell, why would anyone pay for the service? Why would Honda keep the service around if Honda had to foot the bill and not be compensated for it?
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- hiccuphippo 7y agoCan't they turn the device off for vehicle owners that don't pay? Why do they collect the data if the owner does not pay for the service?
- ceejayoz 7y agoHow would you turn it back on again when they do pay? Having to visit a dealership to enable the feature would cost them more in "meh, I can't be bothered" lost sales than the couple kilobytes of cellular data probably incurs.
- freehunter 7y agoIf the car has a cell connection they can enable the feature remotely.
- logfromblammo 7y agoThis is the kicker for me. If the owner didn't subscribe, Honda should not be able to locate the vehicle at all. This implies that Honda is able to track every HondaLink-capable vehicle at all times, without permission of the owner. Are they doing anything with those data?
- mzs 7y agoIt's a privacy concern as it is now too. I would think that if I did not pay then they would not collect the info to begin with and that's precisely why I would decline.
- GnarfGnarf 7y agoExactly. It would be like buying an insurance policy after your house burned down, and expecting the insurance company to pay up retroactively. Although Honda could save themselves some grief by not tracking at all if the owner doesn't have the service.
- mzs 7y agoThey will likely change it so that the people on the phone can't see any info about any car not in the plan instead. Just easier than patching every car already made.