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Re:The Car of the Future Will Sell Your Data by greglindahl on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @08:05PM (#16425915)
Tesla has an API that you can use to download quite a bit of data in real-time. You can't get past data with it.

Also, you can write Javascript apps that run in the web browser.

I did a bunch of hackathon projects using that data when the Model S first came out, now there's an ecosystem of apps and stuff available for the cars.

I won't fault your opinion for Tesla having more access to your data than you might like, but your opinion about what you can download seems a little incomplete.

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Re:The Car of the Future Will Sell Your Data by drharby on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @08:59PM (#16426217)
Im certain hes implying they have stored history of vehicular data
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Re:The Car of the Future Will Sell Your Data by greglindahl on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @09:00PM (#16426220)
He did, and they do. I don't like that Tesla knows as much about my habits as Apple does. That wasn't my point, however.
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Re:The Car of the Future Will Sell Your Data by iamcasen on Friday February 23, 2018 @01:54PM (#16448407)
Yeah I understand. What I meant by "not an option" is that it's not personally an option for me because I don't like how much data Tesla has in the first place, so I won't be buying one.
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