Ford says millions of its vehicles will run on Google’s Android starting in 2023

I wonder if this means that all of the Ford calls will be regularly sending analytics back to Google, like they do with smartphones.

Will someone need a Google account to use parts of their car? If their account is blocked by Google (as often happens with automation), will that stop parts of ones car from working?

I see potential for some very unhappy Ford owners in the future.

Uggh. Cars are going the same route as crappy smart tv spyware.

There still isn’t a “do not sell my personal information” button on my car’s head unit, even though I know the manufacturer is selling information to Facebook (and probably others).

Of course, Ford will probably make the argument that they’re not selling your personal information to Google, and Google will use their non-standard definition of “sell” to claim they don’t monetize the information the cars gather.