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On newer cars most every component from your tires to your rear window defroster phones home about your activity.
by StanislavPetrov 4y ago
On newer cars most every component from your tires to your rear window defroster phones home about your activity.
- Ancalagon 4y agoThe tires, really?? I figured maybe the wheels but the tires?
- dinom 4y agoWhy not the tires? New cars come with tire pressure sensors and tire pressure plays a big role in fuel efficiency as well as safety. It's just a few more bits of info. Anything that has a remote chance of making more profit than the competitor will be attempted. Even if it's morally questionable... moral != legal. Heck, VW even threw legality out the window with emissions shenanigans a few years ago. I'm not arguing that it's wrong or right... it's just the entrepreneur's duty to try and the consumer's obligation to keep things in check. Caveat emptor.
- withinboredom 4y agoI think they were making a joke. You’re talking about the wheels. The tires are just the rubber part on the outside of the wheels.
- dinom 4y agoCould be. That said... the sensor is generally referred to as a "tire pressure" sensor, not a "wheel pressure" sensor. No sense in nit-picking though. The point is they'd put a fart detector in the cabin (and send that data to the mother-ship too) if they thought it would be profitable. :-)
- femto 4y agohttps://rfid.michelin.com/what-is-rfid/ https://rfid.michelin.com/what-is-rfid/ It's not a complete joke. Lots of tyres contain RFID chips for inventory control. Michelin consider it's an asset that the "Tire tag can be read even when the tire is moving or rolling" --- Edit: Just realised that "Someone" posted the same comment 4 hours ago.
- Someone 4y agoTires don’t (AFAIK) actively phone home, but it’s close. https://rfid.michelin.com/what-is-rfid/ https://rfid.michelin.com/what-is-rfid/: “Through RFID technology, Michelin makes tires that "communicate" by linking them to a more global ecosystem, to create infinite potential for innovations and added value for its customers. Our goal: connecting all MICHELIN tires for Passenger Cars, Light Trucks, Heavy Trucks and Busses by 2024.” and “Permanently readable - RFID used in tires is a passive technology that doesn’t require a battery - Tire tag can be read even when the tire is moving or rolling” and “Secure - Tag is locked after writing by the tire manufacturer - Robust traceability technology against robbery and counterfeiting” It wouldn’t surprise me if some governments tracked cars by their tires,
- everdrive 4y agoIt really seems like privacy is becoming impossible.I'm pretty conscious about privacy, but I really can't keep up.
- QuarterReptile 4y agoCars are terrible platforms for anonymity. Car is registered, you're registered, hard to swap cars, you travel as a large, predictable discrete block down the road, etc.
- windowsrookie 4y agoThe components communicate with a central module in the car, which then has an LTE modem. So you only need to disable one module, not every single component.