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EVs --- Chevy Volt knows what you did.

There on a map was the precise location where I’d driven to take apart the Chevy. There were my other destinations, like the hardware store I’d stopped at to buy some tape.

Among the trove of data points were unique identifiers for my and Doug’s phones, and a detailed log of phone calls from the previous week. There was a long list of contacts, right down to people’s address, emails and even photos.

For a broader view, Mason also extracted the data from a Chevrolet infotainment computer that I bought used on eBay for $375. It contained enough data to reconstruct the Upstate New York travels and relationships of a total stranger. We know he or she frequently called someone listed as “Sweetie,” whose photo we also have. We could see the exact Gulf station where they bought gas, the restaurant where they ate (called Taste China) and the unique identifiers for their Samsung Galaxy Note phones.

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December 26th, 2019
Washington Post Hacks Into Chevy To Show How Much Cars Are Spying On Owners

https://www.dailywire.com/news/washington-post-hacks-into-chevy-to-show-how-much-cars-are-spying-on-owners








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    EVs --- Chevy Volt knows what you did.

    I know I can remove the garage door opener settings when I sell the car(MB GL320) and remove the stored locations on the NAV. But, there is no way to remove the phone settings or trips I made without the NAV in use.

    It would be ''nice" to have a delete function to erase all of the data on the computer in one fell swoop. Similar to the Format option in my camera.

    This is why carb'ed engines are so nice, no computer, no sensors. It will start with a dead battery, and run. A manual choke is great, providing you don't forget to push it in after the engine warms up. Most cars have room for a map or two.
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    Keeping it running is better than buying new








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      EVs --- Chevy Volt knows what you did.

      a carbed w/points-condensor gasoline powered vehicle. And this won't happen to you, if it does you can still 'get out of town'.

      Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher: "remember, you asked for this"


      Tesla Tales:

      Whatever you call the opposite of a Christmas miracle befell our long-term Model 3 last Wednesday. Our staff photographer, Michael Simari, was at his parents' home for a holiday gathering in suburban Detroit with the Model 3 parked outside when he received an ominous push notification from the Tesla app that the car had "suffered a failure and will no longer drive."

      https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a30361800/tesla-model-3-long-term-failure-stranded-while-parked/







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