Ford seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve ads
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.
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Car manufacturers have brilliantly managed to convince me never to buy a car made after ~2015.
It's gonna be standard practice to pull the cellular modem out of cars when putchased, or at least pull the fuse.
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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.
They'll make it an essential loop
This is just some rank and file employee that’s just trying to get that sweet patent bonus money.