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.

  • kn33@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I probably will at some point, but right now the convenience of starting my car from my phone is too high.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 day ago

      #JustUrbanSprawlThings?

      In high-dense housing - or what Detroit may call “the only housing where the infrastructure can can support itself” the concrete blocks the signal to cat in the garage 7 floors below.