The Expert Podcast

Telematics What does it mean? Well, you don't need to know about the word You just need to know about what it does, what it does is it takes all of the technology in your vehicle. The infotainment system. Your Bluetooth connection to your phone? Your, automation of things like cruise control door locks. And it's making it accessible. As evidence. And this article from Forbes tells a story. Law enforcement can take data from over 10,000 different. Cars info. system. Look, there has been cases where there's a car crash and they can go back and see where you on your brakes where your doors lock where your seatbelts on where you texting. What was the history of the, the navigation that you did, they can even tell. If you were surfing using the wifi on your car…Anything you're doing through your infotainment system and think about everything that's on there You have apps for. auto. Four. Apple auto-play. CarPlay you have all these different things that connect to your car that make it convenient But now your car now has all the data from your phone. Has all your contacts has your history. Take pictures. It can go into your car. And all the car. Yeah operations itself were there. Did you remote Start it. What gear was it in How fast were you going? It's like a black box in your car the same as what plane it. an airplane has. Right. So. Be aware that this can be used as evidence by law enforcement but also we're seeing it more in investigations where the private sector is subpoenaing or downloading this information. We have many requests from clients who have their vehicle that they owned It was used by somebody else maybe a spouse maybe a colleague maybe a relative. And they want to get the information from that vehicle Where did that car go? Was there somebody in the passenger seat. I think about that. You can tell if somebody is in the passenger seat because when somebody sits in there, it activates that airbag. For being able to go off. Over a certain number of pounds on the seat. How would you like to know if somebody was in the passenger seat when your spouse is driving your car? These are the kinds of things that infotainment systems can spit out. It can also tell things like, was the door opened? Enclosed. Was the car running when somebody got out was the door left unlocked. What radio station was on…Was it using. XM radio What channel was on XM radio…Were there pings to cell phone towers from the vehicle because even though your cell phone pings itself phone towers, most vehicles now have. Things like OnStar or other emergency connections which is always pinging cell phones It's got its own IEN, its own. EIN. That is an identifier for the cellular device in that vehicle besides your cell phone. So be aware. That vehicle. Connectivity and technology. Is now as advanced if not more advanced than some cell phones and has all the same information. That your phone might have and you can't take it with you in your pocket It's left in your car. For anybody to download If they have access…