Your car knows where you drive, how fast you go, your favorite destinations, and more.
The Good
Modern cars are computers on wheels.
Car manufacturers benefit the most from the ‘data troves’ that cars carry around inside them.
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It goes further than that, though.
According tomobile provider Telekom, vehicle data is worth three times as much as the car business, itself.
And the data doesnt just come from your car.
How to Protect Yourself From Your Car
Rule No.
1 of protecting yourself is to never, ever connect your phone to your car.
“Your car will download and store all of your phone’s dataincluding your personal informationif you connect this.
It’s something you agree to when joining a phone via Bluetooth.”
“Its best to never download any contacts to your car, too.
USB is just as bad.
The next step is to avoid giving your car any personal data.
Dont use your home address in the cars GPS.
Pick a nearby public landmark instead.
And scrub the GPS memory out regularly.
But you’re able to at least keep your personal data out of its net.
