[PLUG-TALK] Digital privacy: not with electric vehicles

[Tomas Kuchta]

Of course - all sorts of Ford models between model T and cca. 2010 do not
collect data on people.

The point is:
Buy a new Ford today or in the last 5+ years and it will be connected to
onStar all the time and collect data on you - sign up or not.

-T

On Thu, Feb 6, 2020, 12:01 Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Feb 2020, Tomas Kuchta wrote:
>
> > Ford has exactly the same idea for all their vehicles. Focusing on
> > electric seems a little bit " not inclusive" against the other type of
> > vehicles.
>
> Tomas,
>
> I have a 1998 Ford Escort LX and a 1985 F-250 pickup truck with the 6.9L
> IDI
> diesel engine. Neither can be remotely accessed or tracked by Ford or
> anyone
> else if I have my mobile phone in its faraday bag. I don't see how Ford
> non-EVs can be remotely accessed and controlled.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rich
>
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