If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare

Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare by gumby on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @11:47AM (#37406816)

I recently rented a cheap sedan and was shocked: there was a small screen for carplay that didn't interfere with the dashboard and all the other controls (volume, climate, etc) had hard buttons. After a couple of days of driving I could do everything without looking away from the road.

Meanwhile the expensive cars are frightening to drive as you need to look away from the road to do anything.

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Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare by gnicholas on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @01:51PM (#37408542)

My understanding is that expensive cars have relatively good voice recognition that allows the driver to easily access functions that might be otherwise buried deep in a menu. This doesn't solve the discoverability issue, but it's good from an eyes-on-the-road perspective. I think it's also used as an excuse for why you need to pay a monthly fee for internet access.

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Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare by gumby on Thursday September 07, 2023 @01:24AM (#37415043)

I have cars with these services and in my experience they don't work. Even siri to carplay doesn't work very well. The cars are too noisy to even use the car's mic and speakers to make a call, much less talk to a robot.

My experience: Mercedes, Acura and various random rental cars. With a rental I always try to make a call to see if it's gotten any better.

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