iPhones encrypt everything locally, as well as in iCloud, iMessage, and FaceTime. No apps can access any data outside of data entered into the app itself without explicit user consent. They’ve repeatedly fought the FBI on creating backdoor access, and have yet to lose. They only collect anonymous user data for in-house engineering if the user chooses to opt-in. If you ask for your GDPR abstract of data from Apple, it will only include your name, billing address, and phone number. Apple is big on privacy.
And you can find your lost phone even when it's off! Not that that negates all the other user data stuff. But you can't say big on privacy if you can't ever hide your phone from them. There's faraday cages I guess.
They can’t find your phone. You can. It’s encrypted through your iCloud Apple ID. Find My iPhone is disabled by default. You have to enable it prior to losing it to find your iPhone on a map or remotely erase it. If you lose your phone and go to an Apple Store, all they can do to help you is show you how to log into iCloud to find it.
Same, I love my 2002 Subaru. The most high tech thing in it is my bt stereo I installed that only connects to my phone. Everything I could possibly need in a smart car is Google Maps, which is on my phone, and a simple music forward/backward/pause for Bluetooth. Nothing more!
SAN ANTONIO – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating multiple car manufacturing companies after reports that they have secretly collected driver data and sold it to third parties.
Paxton’s office said the reports noted that massive amounts of data were sold to insurance providers.
“The technology in modern vehicles enables manufacturers to collect millions of data points about the people driving them,” Paxton said.
“Recently, consumers have grown extremely concerned that their driving data is being reported to their insurance company without their knowledge or authorization.
These reports of the invasive and unmitigated collection and sale of data without consumer consent are disturbing, and they merit a thorough investigation and appropriate enforcement.”
Paxton’s office said the manufacturers and third parties were instructed to show records relevant to their conduct.
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