silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoIs Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? The insurance industry, hungry for insights into how people drive, has turned to automakers and smartphone apps like Life360.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkIs Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? The insurance industry, hungry for insights into how people drive, has turned to automakers and smartphone apps like Life360.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareA_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoinfos & some criticism of the app : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life360 (also some cars have integrated tracking)
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-220 days agoIf you care about not being tracked, look up how to remove the cellular modem in your car. I found instructions on how to do this with my vehicle and it’s pretty easy.
minus-squareSquishyPandaDev@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoTill they get rid of car ownership; then you are on the hook for damaging their car.
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoYeah but I’ll be dead before that happens!
minus-squareSquishyPandaDev@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoBetter get to it then. I’m predicting somewhere in the next 5 years, true car ownership will be dead for new cars
minus-squareInternetUser2012@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoWe’re already at that point. I will never buy a new car.
minus-squareexanime@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoIs it different for used “newish” cars? Or were you referring to used “pre 2018” cars?
minus-squareInternetUser2012@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoDepends on the manufacturer and model.
infos & some criticism of the app :
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life360
(also some cars have integrated tracking)
If you care about not being tracked, look up how to remove the cellular modem in your car. I found instructions on how to do this with my vehicle and it’s pretty easy.
Till they get rid of car ownership; then you are on the hook for damaging their car.
Yeah but I’ll be dead before that happens!
Better get to it then. I’m predicting somewhere in the next 5 years, true car ownership will be dead for new cars
We’re already at that point. I will never buy a new car.
Is it different for used “newish” cars? Or were you referring to used “pre 2018” cars?
Depends on the manufacturer and model.