[timewasterthrow]

I know someone that caught their wife cheating by using the ChargePoint app the wife used to charge their Chevy Bolt.

The wife charged their Chevy Bolt at work, which had a paid 'public' charger at her work site. The wife charged everyday and left it there so it could maintain battery and AC if she wanted. The chargepoint app shows the last vehicle that charged there, and a history of the last few days.

He checked her works charger histories, and noticed over a few weeks that on days she said she was still at work, the car wasn't showing on ChargePoint. He knew she was a charging fanatic. He drove to the work once. Verified she wasnt there. Called her and talked to her about how her work day is going. She pretended like she was at the actual office. She wasnt. At that point he knew, but took a few more days to fully get proof.

[JoBrad]

That feels different, though. They could see their account, and which vehicle was charging, by location.

[timewasterthrow]

It wasnt their account. He had his own chargepoint account. But because its a public charge station, it shows history and its current use status. She was the only one that charged at work consistently at that charger, and had a more rare bolt instead of a tesla so her charge history was showing on a public charger.

It's 'technically' anonymous, unless you have a clue about who has what car and where they charge.

[MengerSponge]

Losing a single bit of entropy can be enough, if it's the correct bit

[zeroping]

Yep, and this is why protecting medical data is hard. This is a nice compact example of the same thing.

[complianceowl]

She said she was charging, but to her husband's surprise, someone was charging her.

[snapplebobapple]

Good argument against buying an electric car?

[swexbe]

Or a good argument for. Depending on your convictions.

[snapplebobapple]

The driver in this story was convicted, didn't sound like much fun at all.... (I see your serious response to my joke and raise you some lighthearted wordplay)

[belemnoid]

not really, just one against that network of chargers

[Borrible]

Obligatory Gang Stalker Song by Rusty Cage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOzHCa-_PMs