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[-] fart_pickle@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Here's a "funny" story. Back in the day I was working (IT) for insurance companies. I've pitched an idea to one of the larges companies about a device connected to an OBD port to track a driver's habits and adjust premiums based on that. I was turned down, but I heard from an unofficial source that the company was already testing such a device. That was 15 years ago.

[-] Glass0448@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago

Here’s a “funny” story. Back in the day I was working (IT) for insurance companies. I’ve pitched an idea to one of the larges companies about a device connected to an OBD port to track a driver’s habits and adjust premiums based on that. I was turned down, but I heard from an unofficial source that the company was already testing such a device. That was 15 years ago.

Privacy regulations? They don't know how to handle all the data? They realized they'd have to triple rates based on the actual data they were receiving?

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[-] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Wait, is this why my insurance is suddenly so low? Does it go both ways? People always call me a "boring" driver. As far as I'm concerned, driving on the open road shouldn't be "fun", it should be taken seriously. There are places you can go to drive for fun at no one else's expense.

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