there is most definitely a storage device. black boxes have been present in vehicles for a very long time, but it required access to the vehicle to retrieve it. they would know gps location, speed at time of accident, throttle and possibly brake position, and in vehicles with adaptive cruise they even know steering angle.
It's also worth noting that no one's going to solve every part of this problem. For instance even with no telematics, there are more license plate readers in fixed locations, as well as attached to police cars. This is definitely a case of not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. Disabling and mitigating as much as possible is really my aim here.
I tend to disagree with that and in another thread, posted the Ford email with 40% discount; quote from the email:
How would Ford know that, if fuse #11 pulled? Well, the email actually answers that question; quote:
The email in question was received 5 - 6 month after I've got the Maverick. Is that a coincidence? Not for me...
That's a good question, that I've been asking myself too as of late. Unfortunately, I couldn't find an affirmative answer either ways.
Right, that "black box" capability likely only captures a few seconds of data. Not all the GPS tracking and driving habits the telemetrics captures continually.
Do you have a source or any kind of reference? Otherwise this is just speculation.
So there is a mic inside the cabin? That would be news to all of us I think.
there absolutely is a microphone in all trucks. in sync3 it's tied to the integrated voice assistant, I am actually not sure if the base stereo (Ford Connected Audio) trucks have voice assistant or not but they definitely have a mic for bluetooth phone integration.
That was my point, are they using the phones mic for audio. Bluetooth is just used to tie the phone or other device to the system.
I just checked. Ford Connected Audio does not have a voice assistant which would lead me to think that it can't use the mic except through a bluetooth phone connection.
Just personal speculation based on my knowledge of how IT works and reading about cars for 30yrs...
Added note for info: The Black box in cars initially appeared with the OBDII system on most cars starting around 1996. I don't know if it has changed much in the years since. The box itself was usually mounted under the passenger front seat at least early on.
Your ignorance is palpable. That's not the purpose of the data accumulation - to follow us around. Rather than try to disparage others it's usually best to just remain silent.
