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Braxton1980

I can unlock my doors with my phone and monitor the cars location with my phone with cloud connectivity.

This isn't required and was offered as a 5 year free plan with optional paid extensions after

How is this bad?

Now the car company has a live feed of your location and the ability to unlock your car at will. That's probably fine unless they get hacked, at which point it abruptly becomes less fine. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35919133

They sell your location data, driving habits, etc. then the insurance company buys it and raises your rates. I declined it when I bought my Subaru and they registered my car to someone else's email address, giving someone else access to those features. That module is now on a shelf in my garage. I park in gear (manual) so remote start can launch my car into a wall.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/how-figure-out-what-yo...

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