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by spinny 1417 days ago
My 2016 BMW 118d has a navigation system and a built-in SIM card. It is used in multiple instances (the listed ones): locating/locking/unlocking your car remotely (all optional), start an emergency call, updating the firmware and talking to a messaging server
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Cupertino95014 1417 days ago
Right, the question is: does all the data about where you've been get used anywhere, with PII attached? Could the police subpoena it?
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spinny 1417 days ago
> PII attached

No. its' a second hand buy. maybe if purchased directly

> Could the police subpoena it?

it's also an import. probably any info is saved in a server somewhere in germany. Possibly yes, but which police ? in which country ?

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Cupertino95014 1417 days ago
I think what we're seeing here with you & @hocuspocus is: no one knows for sure what happens. We can make educated guesses.

If you were sitting on PII location data and no one knew you had it, you'd probably want to keep it that way. Going public would certainly get the authorities after you.

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