You do not need an account for data collection and identification to take place. There’s plenty of markers that will identify you, an example might be you go through a toll booth that happens to have a camera grabbing license plates which is used by the Department of Transportation but they outsource to company A for the license grabbing software. That company doesn’t sell your information the DOT made sure of that! No, they don’t sell it but they trade it under the guise of “using it for training purposes”. Their partners happen to be Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile who cross reference license plates with cellular GPS coordinates at that particular time.
Owning a phone and driving past a camera was enough to identify you and your vehicle which can and will be sold and with every trivial mundane bit of data collected eventually a picture is painted of you.
Be wary helenslunch, they aren’t out to get you but they are out to sell you.
With Volvo’s Android Automotive Polestars I don’t believe you need to login to anything. You can just drive the vehicle and use ‘ol Bluetooth to pair a phone.
They don’t need to know 100% of users. Being the default is more than enough to encourage a LOT of users to opt in and engage with their mapping, music, and store experiences. You don’t have to be one of those users if you don’t want.
Hell, even anonymous map data is still valuable to them. A totally anonymous user can still inform a mapping service about traffic, detours, and where maps need to be revised.
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You do not need an account for data collection and identification to take place. There’s plenty of markers that will identify you, an example might be you go through a toll booth that happens to have a camera grabbing license plates which is used by the Department of Transportation but they outsource to company A for the license grabbing software. That company doesn’t sell your information the DOT made sure of that! No, they don’t sell it but they trade it under the guise of “using it for training purposes”. Their partners happen to be Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile who cross reference license plates with cellular GPS coordinates at that particular time.
Owning a phone and driving past a camera was enough to identify you and your vehicle which can and will be sold and with every trivial mundane bit of data collected eventually a picture is painted of you.
Be wary helenslunch, they aren’t out to get you but they are out to sell you.
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I’m very aware of the words I just typed, I’m trying to help you stay informed beyond the obvious reasons for your choice.
I’m simply trying to help you make the best choice for you.
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With Volvo’s Android Automotive Polestars I don’t believe you need to login to anything. You can just drive the vehicle and use ‘ol Bluetooth to pair a phone.
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They don’t need to know 100% of users. Being the default is more than enough to encourage a LOT of users to opt in and engage with their mapping, music, and store experiences. You don’t have to be one of those users if you don’t want.
Hell, even anonymous map data is still valuable to them. A totally anonymous user can still inform a mapping service about traffic, detours, and where maps need to be revised.