Sure, I understand that there is little I can do about it, but why are powerful people okay with their car company or phone company knowing everything about them?
Are people in California and the EU at least covered by data privacy laws?
From the consumer standpoint, what’s the alternative? Every new vehicle has one of these devices (recently mandated in USA by 20XX). If you want to buy a new vehicle, there’s no option but to have a telematics device installed. If you think you’re competent enough to rip the component out yourself, hopefully it’s not integral to the functioning of the vehicle. If it isn’t, your warranty will be void if you do
At any rate, governments are all made of people who are also tracked at all times. Just because some parts of government would like mass surveillance, why would legislators who can do something about it be okay with having their car be constantly monitored by private parties or the police or anyone?
Why would legislators, donors, and lobbyists be okay with their own location data (and in some extreme cases like with Nissan their "sexual behaviors" etc) being sold to data brokers, for example?
The rich and powerful companies literally make the laws they want.
There will be no products without those “features”.
Because using mass surveillance you can provide better service. That's a fact you can't argue with.