Drivers warned to take crucial step before selling cars over risk to privacy as new vehicles track every move

Drivers are cautioned that automobiles are “software on wheels” and therefore exercise caution when doing business with them.

Experts claim that computer systems embedded into contemporary cars gather personal data, including contacts, messages, and location history.

Even after the phone is unplugged from the automobile, the data is still there.

Before drivers sell their cars, it has been advised that personal information be removed from the vehicle’s settings.

News 12 claims that automakers have the ability to track driving patterns that may be disclosed to outside parties, thus putting insurance prices at danger.

In Las Vegas, Nevada, a Tesla Cybertruck was detonated outside the Trump International Hotel last month.

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Investigators were able to connect the EV to a soldier who hired it in Denver and drove it to Las Vegas right after the fatal blast.

Even the fact that the man made eight stops at Tesla charging stations on his journey from Colorado to Nevada was discovered by Las Vegas law officials.

Officers were able to monitor the vehicle’s travels between the charging stations by doing this.

Nevertheless, the car itself and innumerable others, whether gas- or electric-powered, are capable of doing it as well.

“Any car made in the last decade or so has a whole bunch of electronics, measurements, these kinds of things,” stated Steve Beaty, Interim Dean of the College of Aerospace, Computing, Engineering and Design at MSU Denver, in the study.

They call home as well. They give their manufacturer a call.

When buying or renting a car, Beaty draws attention to the user agreements and privacy rules that many customers hurriedly sign without reading.

Among them are details your car might be gathering about you and conveying to the manufacturer, which they might potentially sell.

For instance, Tesla’s privacy policy ends a section outlining the data it can gather with an opt-out statement.

The vehicle data opt-out section concludes with Your car may become less functional, sustain significant damage, or become inoperable as a result.

Beaty went on to say, “I think we need to realize that our cars are basically computers on wheels that get us where we want to go and track us, but that’s almost secondary.”

Both Tesla and Kia, two incredibly well-known automakers with globally best-selling models, have privacy policies that outline the sensitive personal data they are permitted to gather.

This includes information about a person’s sex life or sexual orientation, immigration status, religious or philosophical beliefs, race or ethnic origin, and driver’s license.

In essence, they have cell phone connections, Beaty stated.

Everybody has noticed the tiny shark tail on the rear of their vehicle. We believe that receiving information is beneficial to us. It’s not there for that purpose. Its purpose is to transmit information.

Furthermore, just by using their phone to enter another person’s vehicle, passengers run the risk of disclosing sensitive information.

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According to Beaty, you are implicitly agreeing to everything that the other person has agreed to if you get into their car and connect to it in any way, such as via Bluetooth.

There is an astounding amount of information when you consider all we are giving up in our cars and applications.