Mercedes has admitted that your car is watching you

Mercedes has had to admit that it has the ability to track your car and has even done so in some cases.

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The Mercedes Benz crash location sensors to recover vehicles whose owners have not paid for them. The phenomenon that published by the newspaper SUN, raises privacy concerns.

Location sensors are fitted to most new vehicles in Europe and are used in case s. But the German luxury car brand has sometimes activated these trackers so it can find and repossess cars whose owners haven't paid.

A representative of Mercedes told CNN Business that drivers when signing finance agreements agree to be monitored by Mercedes and that this measure is taken to track a car only if their customers breach of the contract.

Mercedes's use of surveillance has sparked a debate about privacy. A former British minister, David Davis, has questioned the use of the sensors and called on the British government to look into the matter.

From March 2018 all new cars and light trucks produced in Union must be equipped with eCall, a device which can transmit , including the location of a vehicle, to assistance services, in the event of a collision.

The European Parliament stated that the automatic θα παρείχε στις υπηρεσίες βοηθείας τα “ελάχιστα μόνο στοιχειώδη δεδομένα, όπως τον τύπο του οχήματος, το χρησιμοποιούμενο καύσιμο, το χρόνο του ατυχήματος, την ακριβή θέση και τον αριθμό των επιβατών” και ότι το σύστημα παραμένει αδρανές έως ότου συμβεί ένα σοβαρό .

But Mercedes' admission that it monitors its vehicles for personal use raises many questions. It first distributes this information to third parties since if you declare insolvency, then it locates your location and sends it along with your identification information to companies that will undertake the recovery of the car.

Secondly, as cars today contain more and more electronic devices and sensors that reach up to the level of a computer, they can have incredible information about you. They include sensors for the navigation system, including GPS and special cameras that read road signals.

In addition, they contain modems for wireless communication to and from the car for the convenience of passengers and for calling first aid in case of collision. Sensors that warn you of blind spots, that you are staying in your lane, advanced speed control, are also features of new vehicles.

And don't forget that in order to be able to have the hands-free features of new cars, they should also have built-in cameras to make sure the vehicle is not distracting. This means that technology is there to see who is driving.

Εάν τα έξυπνα ηχεία σας μπορούν να δεχθούν τις λεκτικές σας και χρησιμοποιούν τις καταγραφές αυτές για την εκπαίδευση του συστήματος τους (ΑΙ), τότε τέτοια προηγμένα συστήματα είναι ικανά να κάνουν και άλλου είδους καταγραφές.

Future technology is going to extend this feature to all car brands and models. The addition of a 5G wireless network allows real-time data sharing, from and anywhere in the world, including the automaker's cloud servers.

Apparently you can not get away from it. Even if you are not worried about your current car, your next one is sure to know everything about you.

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