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.
There were, like, six or seven different agreements, I read them all and only declined the most egregious ones, that explicitly said they would share my data with third parties without limit. I understand they need an agreement to cover basic data sharing between me and them, but I will not consent to having them immediately send the data to my insurance agent (or the government).
Very reasonable.