jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy car insurance rates are so highwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down13
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minus-squareAnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoThere’s also this: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/automakers-sharing-driving-data-brokers-102200724.html Tl;dr: All the connected car stuff is collecting data on you and the data brokers are more than willing to correlate your data and package it all up for insurers, or whoever else wants to buy it.
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI am never buying a car with this garbage. When I finally need a new one it will be a cheap imported electric with no headunit
There’s also this: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/automakers-sharing-driving-data-brokers-102200724.html
Tl;dr: All the connected car stuff is collecting data on you and the data brokers are more than willing to correlate your data and package it all up for insurers, or whoever else wants to buy it.
I am never buying a car with this garbage. When I finally need a new one it will be a cheap imported electric with no headunit