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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by kbrosnan on Monday April 29, 2019 @07:51PM (#19783756)
I believe that this is the same app I encountered on my mother's phone. She got it from Verizon and got a discount on either mobile service or the phone. It has a bluetooth dongle that plugs into the cars OBDII port. I tried talking to her about the privacy implications though I don't think I got through to her. From what I could see the app was slurping the location of the phone all the time, even outside the car.
Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by Cymen on Monday April 29, 2019 @08:40PM (#19784054)
That sounds more like the car insurance schemes to give a discount by sharing your data. Are you sure she didn't opt into that? Just curious as first I've heard of such a thing outside of auto insurance.
Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by kbrosnan on Thursday May 09, 2019 @08:49PM (#19874044)
It was through Verizon. The insurance does not offer such a discount in their traditional offerings. https://www.amica.com/en/products/auto-insurance/discounts.h... you need to get Amica Flexmile to have ODBII data collection.