THE SECRET SECOND LIFE OF your CAR: What vehicle knows about you, where that information goes, and who may be able to see it

YOUR CAR MAY KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU THAN YOU THINK.You get behind the wheel.Your phone connects automatically. You enter a destination. You make a hands-free call. Cameras watch the road. Sensors monitor the vehicle. You drive to work, stop at a store, visit a friend and return home.To you, it was an ordinary drive.But what did your car know about it?In THE SECRET SECOND LIFE OF YOUR CAR, investigative nonfiction author Eben Oli takes readers beneath the dashboard of the modern connected automobile to uncover the surprising digital world travelling alongside us.Discover: - What your vehicle may know about where you've been- How speed, braking and other driving behaviour can become data- What may happen when you pair your smartphone with a car- Why modern vehicles contain microphones and cameras- How connected cars communicate beyond the dashboard- Why insurers and other companies may be interested in driving information- How vehicle data can potentially become evidence in investigations and lawsuits- Why selling a modern car should include a digital cleanup- What happens when cars inherit the cybersecurity problems of computers- The simple privacy checkup every connected-car owner should considerThis isn't a conspiracy theory about cars secretly recording everything you do.It's a practical investigation into what today's increasingly computerized vehicles are capable of knowing, storing and communicating-and how drivers can make better-informed choices about their privacy.Your automobile is no longer simply an engine, four wheels and a steering wheel.It's becoming a computer you climb inside.Before your next drive, find out what may be riding along with you.