Access to telemetry data: Automotive industry criticizes intelligence reform
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27 points
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August 16, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)
jtbayly
Is there anything I can do besides refuse to buy a car that collects telemetry? Are there such cars still being manufactured?
hollow-moe
Then don't put the spying tech in the car in the first place maybe ?
diggernet
https://archive.ph/O6gGB
intunderflow
Remember when EU citizens were saying as little as a month ago having always on distracted driver cameras in all cars is completely fine because the government would never have access. Hard to tell if it's naivety or cope.
BoingBoomTschak
Thank you, you made be go down the Google hole to see if my MX-5 ND had anything like this... and it doesn't! Since only >= 2018 homologations are required to have an eCall module builtin, the ND only works if you have a smartphone connected to it. So the tip is: all European models released in and after 2018 are compromised (as in always connected to the GSM network).