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Comment by lotsofpulp

8 hours ago

Can you explain how the statement below makes sense?

>The fuse stops it but the real issue is the owner is the only one without the record.

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_carbyau_  7 hours ago

If I take your two sentence comment and remove one sentence it also is non-sensical. Stop removing context.

>Your mileage went from VW->telematics vendor->broker->carfax, thats the chain it usually follows. The fuse stops it but the real...

Prior commentary advised removing the fuse to stop the telemetry. This comment points out that the chain of information flow precludes the owner of the car.

  • lotsofpulp  7 hours ago

    >the real issue is the owner is the only one without the record

    I don't understand what "the record" is referring to here. The mileage is presumably still on the odometer of the car. So what is "the record" that the owner does not have and how is that causing the owner an issue?

    • zephen  4 hours ago

      Oh, sweet summer child.

      You don't really think they added all that circuitry and a cell connection just to collect odometer information, do you?

      > how is that causing the owner an issue?

      Welp, it was a huge issue for a lot of owners when GM OnStar started sharing real-time driving data with insurance companies.

      Supposedly they're stopping that, but a lot of the damage is done.

zephen  4 hours ago

You have to read it in context with what it is referring to, and perhaps to know a little bit about the issue. In that respect, it's like a lot of conversations around here.

I read this as:

"Removing the fuse that provides power to the telematics module can stop data collection from a vehicle, but the real issue is that the putative owner is the only one who isn't instantly privy to all of the collected data."

In any case, the complaint above was obviously about AI usage, and there are a lot of good reasons to use AI for editing your words, starting with (for example) if you're not a native speaker.