Automakers Give the Chinese Government Access To Location Data of Electric Cars (theverge.com) 32
According to a new report from The Associated Press, a number of China's government officials and entities have had access to the location data of "new energy vehicles" from many different manufacturers. "More than 200 manufacturers (both national and foreign) transmit the data to 'government-backed monitoring centers,' according to the report, including one called 'The Shanghai Electric Vehicle Public Data Collecting, Monitoring and Research Center' and another known as the 'National Big Data Alliance of New Energy Vehicles,'" reports The Verge. From the report: Chinese officials told the AP that this data -- which includes the real-time location of cars, plus "dozens of other data points" -- is collected to "improve public safety" and "facilitate industrial development and infrastructure planning." The officials say the data is also used to "prevent fraud" in the government's subsidy program for new energy vehicles, which offers steep discounts on clean cars. The monitoring systems have been in place since the beginning of 2017, according to a report by the International Council on Clean Transportation from last year. Staffers at the data monitoring centers are able to look at a map, click on a car, and see things like make and model, mileage, and battery charge, according to the AP report.
In China, your car talks to the government (Score:2)
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Re: In China, your car talks to the government (Score:1)
They should track them. Those things catch on fire as often as a viet cong hideout
Better not drive too close to misfits! (Score:2)
I'm pretty sure your social score will be affected if you drive to somewhere a lot of low social score people are gathered, just a heads up there.
Brings a new meaning to "dive bar" as your score plummets enjoying a quiet drink in a place with character.
Oh it's coming (Score:2)
I really hope this doesn't start happening.
I am pretty sure it will, because all the data is there and the idea is just too obvious for many higher up people to make it happen.
Geolocating people and correlating based on distance is a sure fire way to associate people with the wrong things.
Yes it is, but the argument will be made that generally hanging around lower score people mean you have some kind of problem and your score should be docked as well.
All kinds of delightful side effects at the intersection
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In China the government knows who is not a good communist and if they are still driving.
Re: Better not drive too close to misfits! (Score:2)
And a Soviet American person's "credit score" measures how good a capitalist he is. At least the Chinese are honest about their totalitarianism.
Re: China is the bogeyman (Score:2)
> faggot
Your homophobia surely validates your point.
Re: Wonder if this functionality is on with GM... (Score:2)
Everything you do, every step you take, every word you breathe in Soviet America is snooped, databased, analyzed, scored, and snitched. 'Cuz nothing says "land of the free" like a totalitarian police state.
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It's especially funny when younger people attempt to create some sort of simulation of the past, as in "Red Dead Redemption 2", but are unable to get even the simple aspect correct that back then, if you shot some stranger in the woods without any witnesses around, there was no "overlord system" in existence immediately assigning a "Wanted" state to you
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YOU chose most of that shit so you volunteered. I don't do IoT because it's stupidly vulnerable. I don't have a TV because television is a push content stupidity pump you should hate as much as I do. I use wired security cams not connected to the internet. My router is a repurposed PC. You could meter your power at home without an app. You chose hardware which prevents this.
I have none of your listed problems because I took care not to.