DH Plugged His Phone Into a rental Car
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Anonymous
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My DH was traveling for a past few days on business and had a rental car. When he came back he told me that he was able to listen to all of his podcasts while on the road. I asked if he plugged his phone into the rental car and he said he did. I've read in the past that you should never plug your phone into a rental car due to the fact that data can get transferred to the vehicle and be held there long after the car is returned. DH say's that's not true, and that everyone does this, but it seems crazy to me.
Also, I remember years ago my friend and I were in an Uber and she asked the driver if we could play her music from her phone. The drive said no and looked at her like she was crazy for wanting to plug her phone into his car. Is this in fact a hacking risk? |
Anonymous
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It’s fine. The Uber driver didn’t want your friend to plug in to his car because then he’d lose access to the maps on his phone.
I mean this sincerely op, but how old is the car you are driving now? I have a 2015 minivan, so there’s no meaningful connection that occurs when I plug in my phone, but in my sister’s 2018 car, it opens Apple CarPlay and her Google maps shows up on the car’s built-in screen. |
Anonymous
| I’ve never heard this before. Not that I guess it’s not possible but I travel for work and leisure and I’d expect some form of words of caution from some aspect of my life mentioning this. |
Anonymous
| I do see vestiges of other peoples phones in rental cars pretty often. Usually a phone name and other stuff. I guess the main thing is don’t let it download your contacts. I don’t even do that with my own car because the manufacturers are sapping every bit of info about you. It’s really pretty bad. |
Anonymous
| Oh man. What an idiot. You are in big trouble now. CC, bank info, and all other personal info you have on your phone. |
Anonymous
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IT person here. Find something else to worry about. Credit cards or any "wallet" items never get transferred. Contats (names, numbers) can be accessed _if_ you choose the option to allow it, and even so, it's not necessarily stored in the car for another user to be able to access. It's used so it can show names of incoming callers and such.
So at worst, some stranger has Grandma's phone number... which they can probably find online anyway with a quick Google search. |
Anonymous
The paranoia is strong with this one. |
Anonymous
| I plug my phone in but always delete the profile when I return the car. |
Anonymous
 stop being mean!!
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Anonymous
| They have it all now. Change all of your passwords, new credit cards, new bank account numbers. Move quickly. Are you sure the phone isn’t infected with malware?? |
Anonymous
You’re on DCUM. This is tame. And yes, your paranoid |
Anonymous
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Technically, it's possible to steal some sensitive info from your phone via a modern car console. But car manufacturers are not in that business, OP, and this is what's saving you. Hackers aren't putting malware in rental cars to siphon off customers' phone data... yet.
So best to treat this as a learning experience and not to do it again. |
Anonymous
| Anxiety much? |
Anonymous
True. And it's much more than just that. Also goes for syncing it up to your own vehicle. Most people have no clue about how phones, cars, appliances, TVs, tech gadgets, etc. are all linking and sharing. None at all. It's exponential since the introduction of A.I. tech to the scene. Skynet, and many others are here. |
Anonymous
This has to be a joke, sarcasm, or lack of awareness on a boomer senior moment level. They ADMIT to doing that and more. It's required by Gov mandates also. How does someone not know any of this, unless you are intentionally lying? Hmmmm? |