General Motors Quits Sharing Driving Behavior With Data Brokers
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G.M. had provided information about braking, acceleration and speed to LexisNexis Risk Solution and Verisk, firms that generated driver risk profiles for insurers.

The decision followed a New York Times report this month that G.M. had, for years, been sharing data about drivers’ mileage, braking, acceleration and speed with the insurance industry. The drivers were enrolled — some unknowingly, they said — in OnStar Smart Driver, a feature in G.M.’s internet-connected cars that collected data about how the car had been driven and promised feedback and digital badges for good driving.

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  • @BrkdncrEnglish
    3•2 months ago

    Agreed. Also it reduces costs significantly if issues can be remotely inspected and fixed. Software updates regularly get sent to new vehicles that would have cost a lot of time and money to do at a dealership.

    Yes, they shouldn’t be sharing your data. Yes you should be getting compensated if you opt into data sharing.

      • @BrkdncrEnglish
        2•2 months ago

        You can’t have things like airbags, stability control, efficient use of fuel/energy without software.

        We haven’t had software-less cars for decades. As someone that works on older vehicles you don’t want to go back to that era.