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I haven't seen it mentioned, but as a Tesla owner one concern I had was that if I sold my car Tesla might not get around to wiping the information it had on me.
by Shivetya 7y ago
I haven't seen it mentioned, but as a Tesla owner one concern I had was that if I sold my car Tesla might not get around to wiping the information it had on me. Worse there were stories of people selling cars where the new owner was given CC numbers and more of the old owner.
Nice coincidence with the article is I had a 2017 Volt. Great car, hated OnStar. First just trying to make them go away is nearly impossible and GM was doing their best to link even remote start on the app to having an account; it may actually be so but I sold it before the grace period expired.
OnStar is an example of how car makers are expecting to profit off cars once they leave the lot. Go look at the rates OnStar wants and for what. We had more than one update go around where features were going to be stripped from the app without subscription to basic information promised originally was to be moved to a premium category. I can honestly say OnStar was in my top three for reasons for leaving my Volt.
Yes, they can send you driving habit data if you opt in. I have a similar feature with a small blue tooth device for State Farm in my Tesla; connects to my phone and such and scores driving. Going to see what it does over six months. Currently my impression of it is that it thinks I take ever turn too fast; always one star out of five unless I come to full stop. It also will deduct points for going eight miles over speed limits. It rates acceleration, deceleration, turning, speeding, and phone use. On phone use it logs it but does not score for it as it could be a passenger.
- swiley 7y agoYou could install your own OS on it: https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/a1fln4/rooted_tesla_model_3_running_ubuntu_and_youtube/ https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/a1fln4/rooted_...
- systemtest 7y agoA sale would be an event where you can wipe data or at least have control over the situation. Worst case is a car accident that sends the driver to the hospital where the insurance company claims the car. Now they have a car with your daily routine, your favourite songs, GPS destinations, sensor logfiles, Sentry dashcam footage, crash data, calendar entries, phonebook entries. Probably not something you want your insurance company to have insight in.
- oceanghost 7y agoI've bought my last two vehicles used-- a 350z and g37 coupe. The 350z came with the previous owner's Home and Work addresses programmed into the GPS. The g37 came with five different phones paired to it, and it had downloaded the contact info of all of those phones, as per the relevant Bluetooth standard. Also, I found a registration card belonging to someone from Cupertino behind the glove box while servicing the air filter. I guess my point is, this stuff happens even with old, dumb cars (the 350z).