Your GPS/radio head unit is likely not at all the one reporting data maliciously to OEM/Vendor integrators etc. GPS is an open standard at least until the US Military says "this is no longer open."
Auto OEMs as a rule have more "data points" for inference than any other hardware platform/software integration. IE; actions you take in the car and the info gleamed from those actions ar more valuable to marketers than data from your cell phone. None of this needs a gps signal, there are dozens of speed,time,weight,weather,delta, sensors..
Ford for example can brag that it, more than any other manufacturer on the planet, knows exactly how often you go to gas station X from location Y, if you get gas, and where you go after. They can tell where you look, how much you weigh, your common routine, even your contacts PID. You type of "personality" can be determined trivially (IE buying/travel habits).
Your vehicle is 100 percent complicent in building a marketing/safety profile for you.
Is this^ even "bad"? I think so. But I am not an expert and have yet to have an issue with it in my life.
Auto OEMs as a rule have more "data points" for inference than any other hardware platform/software integration. IE; actions you take in the car and the info gleamed from those actions ar more valuable to marketers than data from your cell phone. None of this needs a gps signal, there are dozens of speed,time,weight,weather,delta, sensors..
Ford for example can brag that it, more than any other manufacturer on the planet, knows exactly how often you go to gas station X from location Y, if you get gas, and where you go after. They can tell where you look, how much you weigh, your common routine, even your contacts PID. You type of "personality" can be determined trivially (IE buying/travel habits).
Your vehicle is 100 percent complicent in building a marketing/safety profile for you. Is this^ even "bad"? I think so. But I am not an expert and have yet to have an issue with it in my life.