Re: Ford's SyncMyRide -- all your voice are belong to us?

[Benjamin Brown <optikali () gmail com>]

creeptastic

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Shawn Merdinger <shawnmer () gmail com>wrote:

> Interesting news:
>
> http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability_management/security/client/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223200163
>
> Ya gotta love this lovely tidbit of fine print from the SyncMyRide
> terms and conditions:
> http://www.syncmyride.com/Own/Modules/PageTools/TermsAndConditions.aspx
>
> <snip>
>
> Ford's Service provider Tellme Networks, Inc. ("Tellme"), a subsidiary
> of Microsoft Corporation, may record and retain user voice utterances
> ("recorded utterances"), which are recordings of sounds made when the
> TDI Service is in listen state and waiting for a user command or
> response. These recorded utterances may include all sounds in the
> vehicle, including the voice of the user and voices of other vehicle
> occupants, while the service is in listen state. Tellme may also, at
> Ford's request, randomly record and assemble in sequence, all voice
> communications made from the time the Service is connected (by the
> user pressing the VOICE button) to the time the Service is
> disconnected.
>
> ("Whole call recordings (WCRs)"). WCRs will include voice utterances
> and may include any other sounds in the vehicle, including the voices
> of the user and other vehicle occupants, during the entire time the
> Service is connected. Both recorded utterances and WCRs may be
> associated with you or the cell phone number assigned to the Service.
>
> </snip>
>
> Cheers,
> --scm
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