Cars are no longer dumb machines -- They're smart devices with hundreds of computers bolted on top that collect information about our activities. Some car companies have even explicitly said in their privacy policies that they collect information about your sexual activity!

Given that so much information is stored in our car, what happens when we sell it? Do we just hand this sensitive information off to the next owner? And given the remote capabilities of modern cars, how do we make sure the previous owner can't still access our data when we buy a used car?

Here are steps you MUST take when you buy or sell a used car.

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00:00 Cars Collect Info on Your Sex Life!

02:25 Selling Your Car

05:18 Renting a Car

07:32 Deleting Data from the Head Unit

09:11 Buying a Used Car

11:59 Asserting Data Rights

12:39 Recap

13:51 Conclusion

Now that we’re starting to get a glimpse of what’s going on under the hood of car data collection, we can start pushing back against it.

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52 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 17 May

Never really thought about this. My buddy just bought a Tesla. I am sure those cars are the kings of data collection.

60 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 17 May

I'd imagine so. They're also probably the most difficult to protect your privacy with.

89 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 17 May

He bought it because he is working contract so if he got a second vehicle he could write it off for business but wanted an EV due to the additional tax credits. The convoluted games we play to try prevent the government from stealing from us. I prefer my strategy of just not working. Haha.

79 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 17 May

Although a quick caveat to that. If I could get a job like yours where I get paid to be on SN all day, I would gladly take that and play the keep away game with taxes.

I am sure you produce a lot of good quality work. I am just jealous.

60 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 17 May

I am sure you produce a lot of good quality work.

I'm not so sure about that, but someone's willing to pay me to do it. Who am I to argue with that?

I also might be paying a price for that pretty soon. My calendar indicates a big wave of deadlines is on the way.

79 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 17 May

It's kind of nice to work work in waves. I used to be able to do that in the early days of my business because most of what we did back then was more sales and just subcontracted the work out. Of course the flaw in that is you don't really know what you are doing and become beholden to subcontractors. It was a good way to start the business but was not sustainable.

70 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 17 May

I'm leaning into the 80-20 rule. If I can't get 80% of my work done in 20% of the time, I might be in trouble. I'm also assuming that I can get by with only doing 80% of my work.

We'll see how that goes, but so far so good.

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