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This youtube vid came up and was a shocker at what manufacturers were doing with the services people signed up for ie (onstar, driver feedback...). I personally never activated driver feedback in AcuraLink. But after watching this video I disabled data sharing. Just posting this because I forgot where I saw someone post using driver feedback. So a warning to those who do use it.

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This youtube vid came up and was a shocker at what manufacturers were doing with the services people signed up for ie (onstar, driver feedback...). I personally never activated driver feedback in AcuraLink. But after watching this video I disabled data sharing. Just posting this because I forgot where I saw someone post using driver feedback. So a warning to those who do use it.

I disabled data sharing several months ago along with AcuraLink. The main reason was that when I had AcuraLink enabled and connected to my car, the steering wheel would occasionally feel disconnected/unusual feel of being too light at times(this is not jerky/sticky steering...). After disabling aforementioned services/apps, within a couple of days steering wheel would feel normal. Then couple of months later, I read about "data selling possibility" to insurance companies and it made me feel even better that I have disabled this! I hope for Honda/Acura "disabled" means really disabled.
 

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I’m confused because when I have turned off the “Data Sharing” I get this ominous message about not getting updates, etc. I think there has been 1 update since I bought the car….maybe this board will let us know when there are updates. I am against Honda selling this date to my insurance company, because I already declined the app they asked me to install for that. I am a civil libertarian, at heart.
 

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I’m confused because when I have turned off the “Data Sharing” I get this ominous message about not getting updates, etc. I think there has been 1 update since I bought the car….maybe this board will let us know when there are updates. I am against Honda selling this date to my insurance company, because I already declined the app they asked me to install for that. I am a civil libertarian, at heart.
I think there was an update sometime in November or so. I check using USB stick. I go to my car, connect the USB stick, then on the screen, go to Software update and it copies some files. I then go online through my PC to check for update. Last time I checked was couple of weeks back, no update. I also think someone will post when new update comes.
 

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Thanks! I used the USB method to update my RDX back in those days.
 

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What kind of updates anyway?
 

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The vultures are circling. They won't ever say how much of that up-to-5k ends up in the lawyers pocket.


Probably just infotainment fixes, maybe some updated cryptographic certificates somewhere down the line. I highly doubt you'll ever see a new feature or big OS update pushed down this way.
Oh yeah. This firm prob gets 15k per plaintiff and sheds out 5k as awarded
 

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The vultures are circling. They won't ever say how much of that up-to-5k ends up in the lawyers pocket.


Probably just infotainment fixes, maybe some updated cryptographic certificates somewhere down the line. I highly doubt you'll ever see a new feature or big OS update pushed down this way.
Ok, cool. I'd rather just not update anything anyway to be honest
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