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Wow, I thought you must be wrong, but apparently this does exist. https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/security-and-emergencies/emergency-assistance-ve
by disgruntledphd2 5y ago
Wow, I thought you must be wrong, but apparently this does exist.
https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/security-and-emergencies/emergency-assistance-vehicles-ecall/index_en.htm https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/security-and-em...
However, this only activates and sends data in the event of a crash.
Additionally, under EU law consent would be needed for any other uses of this data (and hell no would I be giving consent).
- sneak 5y agoI assume being a cellular transceiver it maintains communications with the tower at all times, even when not sending payload data. This would allow the device to be tracked from cell to cell by IMEI, if this is indeed how it works. Note that a mobile device does not need to be registered with the tower to make emergency calls (it works in a cell with no sim!) so it may not actually permit this type of tracking, but also car manufacturers might put a subscriber module in to maintain IP connectivity for additional services even if the car owner doesn't subscribe. This configuration (such as was factory installed in my 2015 BMW 4 series) does allow for carrier/tower-based location tracking. I had mine ripped out.