Ford Panopticon: Crowd-Sourced Car Tracking Revealed in New Patent - FuelArc News
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We all know automakers want to keep tabs on their cars. Stolen vehicle tracking? Sure. Fleet management? Fine. Microphone eavesdropping to serve more ads? Hate it, but OK, that’s a thing. Hold onto your tin-foil hats: Ford just published a patent for something that takes vehicle tracking into full-blown Twilight Zone territory. Always-On Tracking… In […]

We all know automakers want to keep tabs on their cars. Stolen vehicle tracking? Sure. Fleet management? Fine. Microphone eavesdropping to serve more ads? Hate it, but OK, that’s a thing. Hold onto your tin-foil hats: Ford just filed a patent for something that takes vehicle tracking into full-blown Twilight Zone territory. Always-On Tracking… In Your Car, or Somebody Else’s.

  • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    I’m amazed you could decline it and still get any functionality. Every app or website I have seen goes all or nothing.