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These apps track your driving habits and sell that information to insurance companies
Earlier this year, the New York Times dropped a bomb on drivers of connected vehicles: manufacturers collect and sell their driving data to insurance companies, which use...
A hot potato: Many were surprised to learn that connected vehicles collect data about drivers and sell that information to insurance companies. It is "powered by Arity," but the agreement to opt into the data collection is in a small gray font under a big red button labeled "Join Drives." The apps essentially double dip on their users, first by charging them a subscription fee, then by selling their driving data to car insurance companies.
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