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Cars nowadays send lots of data to the manufacturer through a cellular data connection. A proposal in Massachusetts would require manufacturers to give users access to that data -- through a nonfree app. Yuck! https://u.fsf.org/2wa
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This is part of the oppressive practice of the Internet of Stings (our improved name for the "Internet of Things"): making you communicate with the products you own via the manufacturer's server.
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The right thing to require is that the car offer a data-only interface, like a slot to put a memory chip into and the car will
write the data on it.
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Then you could show that data to an independent repair shop when you want to, even if you disconnected the cellular data antenna and the GPS antenna just after you bought the car.
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