How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me)

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How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me)

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This privacy reporter and her husband bought a Chevrolet Bolt in December. Two risk-profiling companies had been getting detailed data about their driving ever since.

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Sounds like they turned the cars into IoT devices, where the user can’t have the data, but the manufacturer can.

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