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Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 7 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Must be real fun having to explain to customers that their car stops working because they drove too far away from the nearest cell tower.

[–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If I were malicious enough to design the system, I would make it a heartbeat. Skip too many heartbeats and your car bricks. It could be written in to the terms of the loan since companies are using in-car computers for repossession.

"Why is my car bricked?"

"Because you tried to disable our payment verification system."

"I live in a rural area."

"You're like 1% of customers. Your loan contact says you have to drive within cell range once a month. Fuck you, we're repossessing the car and keeping the money anyway."