“So much for ‘Do No Evil,'” Jonny Lieberman reports for Motor Trend. “There’s no technological reason the 991/2 doesn’t have Android Auto playing through its massively upgraded PCM system. But there is an ethical one.”
“As part of the agreement an automaker would have to enter with Google, certain pieces of data must be collected and mailed back to Mountain View, California,” Lieberman reports. “Stuff like vehicle speed, throttle position, coolant and oil temp, engine revs—basically Google wants a complete OBD2 dump whenever someone activates Android Auto. Not kosher, says Porsche.”
“Obviously, this is ‘off the record,’ but Porsche feels info like that is the secret sauce that makes its cars special,” Lieberman reports. “Moreover, giving such data to a multi-billion dollar corporation that’s actively building a car, well, that ain’t good, either. Apple, by way of stark contrast, only wants to know if the car is moving while Apple Play is in use. Makes you wonder about all the other OEMs who have agreed to Google’s requests/demands, no?”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Android settlers can’t afford a Porsche anyway.
And, yes, thinking people should wonder about all the other automakers who have agreed to Google’s privacy-trampling demands.
Google’s going to rue the day they got greedy by deciding to try to work against Apple instead of with them. – MacDailyNews, March 9, 2010
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