Los@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoHow Your New Car Tracks You12ft.ioexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10
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minus-squareCmdrMoto@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoIronically, you cannot find out if your car is affected unless you’re willing to share your VIN with the helpful folks at privacy4cars.com So, since I don’t own a model specifically listed in the story and I value my privacy …
minus-squareSeathru@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-21 year agoIf you do want to check your car more anonymously, make up numbers for the last 6 digits. The first 11 contain all the make/model/options info, the last 6 digits are unique to each vehicle.
Ironically, you cannot find out if your car is affected unless you’re willing to share your VIN with the helpful folks at privacy4cars.com
So, since I don’t own a model specifically listed in the story and I value my privacy …
If you do want to check your car more anonymously, make up numbers for the last 6 digits. The first 11 contain all the make/model/options info, the last 6 digits are unique to each vehicle.