A Ford Motoer Company patent application filed in February and published last month proposes software that would monitor in-car conversations and other data to help serve up advertisements.
Ford seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve ads
https://therecord.media/ford-patent-application-in-vehicle-listening-advertising
6 Comments
Technus@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 1y
Car manufacturers have brilliantly managed to convince me never to buy a car made after ~2015.
sorghum@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y
It's gonna be standard practice to pull the cellular modem out of cars when putchased, or at least pull the fuse.
ra1d3n@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 1y
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LifeOfChance@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
They're gonna tie it into a safety component so it can't be messed with. Likely they'll say it's tied to the emergency system that can alert authorities in the event of an accident.
sirico@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 1y
They'll make it an essential loop
bzz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
This is just some rank and file employee that’s just trying to get that sweet patent bonus money.