Apps that remotely track and control cars are being weaponized by abusive partners. Car manufacturers have been slow to respond, according to victims and experts.

She stopped responding to him, she said, even though he texted and called her hundreds of times.

Ms. Dowdall, 59, started occasionally seeing a strange new message on the display in her Mercedes, about a location-based service called “mbrace.” The second time it happened, she took a photograph and searched for the name online.

“I realized, oh my God, that’s him tracking me,” Ms. Dowdall said.

  • stevedidWHAT@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    11 months ago

    I’m respectful to start, you took away that respect from yourself when you made an ignorant ass passive aggressive comment to me.

    Also your name is literally asbestos. Pretty obvious troll. Bye bye now.