<story><title>Ford Exec: &apos;We Know Everyone Who Breaks the Law&apos; Thanks To Our GPS In Your Car</title><url>http://www.businessinsider.com/ford-exec-gps-2014-1</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rickdale</author><text>I just bought a ford taurus. It immediately connects my cell phone to my car and I sorta get the feeling like the cops that sit on the eway have access to the computer in my car and also the cell phone connected to that computer. But hey thats just my paranoia.&lt;p&gt;On another note, it was very clear checking off do not track in the vehicle. The only reason they say they want to track is for data like the exec gives the example for, traffic analysis etc. not like daily tracking. But it is creepy and really I dont know if all the benefits balance out the potential drawbacks.&lt;p&gt;There is also this notification in the myfordsync system that is &amp;quot;911 Assist&amp;quot;.. now this is a fine option, but literally the car will remind you everytime you start it that it is off and unless you select otherwise, it won&amp;#x27;t just alert you, but will give you the option to turn it on.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>deveac</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt;On another note, it was very clear checking off do not track in the vehicle.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I cannot see it remaining this way. It is just a matter of time before the OEMs buckle and sell your data to an enterprising third party in exchange for the ability to lower costs. The auto supply chain is notorious for being a bloodbath of cost-cutting. It&amp;#x27;s a perfect cultural fit.&lt;p&gt;Not saying that you won&amp;#x27;t retain the option to turn off tracking as these systems become more widespread, but  it&amp;#x27;s just an illegible TOS away from being opt-in by default with a buried opt-out.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ford Exec: &apos;We Know Everyone Who Breaks the Law&apos; Thanks To Our GPS In Your Car</title><url>http://www.businessinsider.com/ford-exec-gps-2014-1</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rickdale</author><text>I just bought a ford taurus. It immediately connects my cell phone to my car and I sorta get the feeling like the cops that sit on the eway have access to the computer in my car and also the cell phone connected to that computer. But hey thats just my paranoia.&lt;p&gt;On another note, it was very clear checking off do not track in the vehicle. The only reason they say they want to track is for data like the exec gives the example for, traffic analysis etc. not like daily tracking. But it is creepy and really I dont know if all the benefits balance out the potential drawbacks.&lt;p&gt;There is also this notification in the myfordsync system that is &amp;quot;911 Assist&amp;quot;.. now this is a fine option, but literally the car will remind you everytime you start it that it is off and unless you select otherwise, it won&amp;#x27;t just alert you, but will give you the option to turn it on.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sentenza</author><text>Relax. You don&amp;#x27;t have to stress yourself out about these things, since you soon won&amp;#x27;t have much of a choice anyway.&lt;p&gt;The day will come when you can&amp;#x27;t get car insurance without active tracking. It is just too tempting for insurance companies to reduce their claim investigation overhead&amp;#x2F;cost with that technology.&lt;p&gt;Of course, strong privacy protection laws could keep this from happening.&lt;p&gt;Yeah.</text></comment>