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Kim Komando Today

All the secrets your car is collecting - Part 2

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In part one, you learned about the many secrets your car collects. Law enforcement leaders are using car data to track down criminals. If you're ever accused of a crime, your car could be used against you. So, what exactly does your car know about you? Find out in today's episode, co-starring Chelsey Colbert. She works as Policy Counsel at the Future of Privacy Forum, where she leads the portfolio on mobility and location data. We're answering your biggest questions. How can a car be a weapon of abuse? And why is it legal to collect biometric secrets, like weight, through your car? Find out in today’s episode.

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0:00.0

Every time you drive your car, you're hauling around a gold mine.

0:06.7

I'm talking about all the data in your telematic system.

0:10.0

That's basically a wireless transmitter that never turns off.

0:13.6

It constantly sends data to your car's manufacturer.

0:16.6

It does a lot of great stuff.

0:18.5

I mean, it lets you know how your vehicle is doing.

0:21.1

It tells you when you need maintenance.

0:22.8

But a lot of people don't know about their cars computing power.

0:26.5

According to McKenzie, the modern car has about 100 million lines of programming code.

0:32.2

That's incredible.

0:33.8

But McKenzie and Company also says that modern cars process a ton of data every single hour, up to 25 gigabytes of data.

0:42.4

In fact, let me put that number into perspective.

0:45.6

That's enough storage space for almost 6,000 songs.

0:49.0

It's enough for eight high-definition feature-length films.

0:53.1

Every hour, your car processes enough data to store the

0:56.5

entire nightmare on Elm Street series. N.H.D., of course, and I'm including Freddie versus Jason.

1:04.8

And as you probably realize, vehicles are only getting better and more tech savvy. Engineers are

1:10.4

working hard to outdo themselves.

1:12.6

Self-driving cars are, they're on their way. Basically, vehicle connectivity is more widespread than

1:18.3

ever before. Modern cars, they come with a ton of new features. They also come with, well,

1:23.7

privacy problems. Now, in the last episode of this series, we dove into your car's data.

1:29.8

Law enforcement officials are putting in this all to good use. They're already diving into your car's

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