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Originally Posted by widebody911

Breaking this out from the F*ck Progressive thread

Progressive Snapshot hardware details revealed - SlashGear

The Progressive Corporation — MyRate Terms & Conditions

Insurance Technology - Snapshot from Progressive Insurance Uses AT&T's Network

They say it's to earn discounts, but there's nothing keeping them from using the data to raise rates or drop you.

What would keep an insurance company from making these mandatory?

How else will they use the data? Companies always claim data won't be shared, but that can change in a hearbeat.

Can the data be subpoenaed?

They claim it doesn't track speed or GPS data, but the technologies to do so are already cheap and easy to implement. Since it uses cellular to transmit the data, it probably already collects the GPS data.

The ODB-II speed data is more accurate than the speedometer (guage), at least in my BMW. The real time speed data matches the speed data from my GPS.

I will not allow a facist piece of crap like that in my car. I'd switch companies first.