Tesla app shows the car moving, speed...

[JeffKeryk]

Wifey took the M3P in to work today; she had to compete with the exotics as all the big shots are in for 2026 planning.
I happened to check the app on my cell and saw the car wheels turning... Of course a screen shot does not show wheels turning.

 

[Torrid]

Yep, it does show the car it its current state. It'll even show when the doors open and close. If you have it enabled you can even see what music is playing in the car.

 

[Nukeman7]

I still remember when the whole world was paranoid over "Big Brother" spying on our everyday, mundane activities (e.g., George Orwell's "1984", Aldous Huxley's Brave New World).

If they only knew the real threat was your spouse conspiring with your automobile to track your every move! LOL

 

[demarpaint]

I still remember when the whole world was paranoid over "Big Brother" spying on our everyday, mundane activities (e.g., George Orwell's "1984", Aldous Huxley's Brave New World).

If they only knew the real threat was your spouse conspiring with your automobile to track your every move! LOL

The app can tell you what music is being played. So if you're on the phone can your call be monitored w/o your knowledge? If so, no thanks.........

 

[Brons2]

Wifey took the M3P in to work today; she had to compete with the exotics as all the big shots are in for 2026 planning.
I happened to check the app on my cell and saw the car wheels turning... Of course a screen shot does not show wheels turning.
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I had you figured for an iPhone guy. Pixel?

 

[JeffKeryk]

I had you figured for an iPhone guy. Pixel?

Google Pixel Pro, but my favorite was my Windows phone. I was up in Redmond and they gave me one with a year's plan to try out.
I think I was the only one to own a Winders phone...

 

[Torrid]

The app can tell you what music is being played. So if you're on the phone can your call be monitored w/o your knowledge? If so, no thanks.........

That's a bit of a stretch. The only people who can see the status of the radio is people on the account. My wife can see mine and I can see hers. We can't hear any audio from each other nor see if the other is on the phone. We like that the car can be seen where it is at for the longer trips we randomly take. It's an easy way to see where each other are in case of an emergency.

 

[Vercingetorix]

Uncle Elon sees all.

 

[demarpaint]

That's a bit of a stretch. The only people who can see the status of the radio is people on the account. My wife can see mine and I can see hers. We can't hear any audio from each other nor see if the other is on the phone. We like that the car can be seen where it is at for the longer trips we randomly take. It's an easy way to see where each other are in case of an emergency.

I'm sure it has its advantages as you stated, but what I wrote might not be as big of a stretch as you think it is.

 

[Trav]

Unbelievable how quick people will throw away their right to privacy for some cheap mickey mouse gimmick.

 

[4wd]

There are lots of trackers these days - OEM and aftermarket …
And yes, the door opening thing … Being alerted of low tire pressure etc …

 

[alarmguy]

Google Pixel Pro, but my favorite was my Windows phone. I was up in Redmond and they gave me one with a year's plan to try out.
I think I was the only one to own a Winders phone...

Not the only one

 

[alarmguy]

That's a bit of a stretch. The only people who can see the status of the radio is people on the account. My wife can see mine and I can see hers. We can't hear any audio from each other nor see if the other is on the phone. We like that the car can be seen where it is at for the longer trips we randomly take. It's an easy way to see where each other are in case of an emergency.

Iphones will do that too ... but I dont know, even though its my wife, it's weird for me. Though now, many year later depending on what car I take, the FOBs have an Air Tag on them so I am kind of getting used to it I guess. So if I am using her car she knows every place I drive and go to.

 

[JeffKeryk]

Unbelievable how quick people will throw away their right to privacy for some cheap mickey mouse gimmick.

That ship sailed a long time ago... I worked for the 911 Police and Fire dispatch for a short time. They know more about you than you do.
And if you don't wanna be tracked, better chuck that cell and computer.

Privacy is an illusion.

Oh yeah, Teslas are hard to steal because of this GPS tracking, no key, etc. Expect to see more of this going forward. Insurance companies will push it.

 

[Owen Lucas]

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Can you rename her car as "Carlton"? Let's see your wife's reaction.

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[Brons2]

Google Pixel Pro, but my favorite was my Windows phone. I was up in Redmond and they gave me one with a year's plan to try out.
I think I was the only one to own a Winders phone...

I had 2 Windows phones for work in the 2010s. They really weren't bad, much better than Microsoft's previous attempts, but they didn't have enough app support to make me consider one as a personal phone.

I have a Pixel Pro also, best Android phone I've had.

 

[JeffKeryk]

I have a Pixel Pro also, best Android phone I've had.

The Google phones are pure Android, unlike others. Samsung runs a custom shell, with their own bloatware and funtionality on top. I had an expensive Samsung from a high tech company that I hated.

And for everyday use, I flat-out love my Chromebooks.

 

[Brons2]

And for everyday use, I flat-out love my Chromebooks.

The problem with a Chromebook for me is that I would have to set my Google password to something I could actually remember, or create a separate Google account for sole purpose of using the Chromebook. But when you have a storage subscription, it kind of defeats the purpose to have to use a separate account.

I have subscription and payment accounts tied to my main Google account and I have no intention of having my password compromised for being insufficiently complex. The password is pretty nasty, on top of having MFA enabled and so forth. And I don't actually know the password, I keep it in my password manager and type it out only when it's absolutely necessary to log into something. There's no way I would want to type my password on the keyboard every time I logged into some Chrome device.

Maybe if I used a Yubikey instead to log in, it might work acceptably. Not sure I want to pay for one of those just for this purpose. I do have some Thales keys that I got at a security conference, I think those are more meant for a Windows PKI deployment, but maybe they would work with Google.

At any rate, I have converted Windows computers into ChromeOS in the past, using CloudReady/Neverware's version of Chrome, before they were bought out by Google and the OS became Chrome OS Flex. Authentication with a 30+ character password was always the annoying issue I ran into.

I've been running Zorin Linux on my personal device and I'm pretty happy with it, despite the fact that the M365 integration is less than was promised.