Addabob64
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I am looking at the different components of the data I am sharing with Ford to see which ones I want to turn off. I am kind of tired of having 5-30MB of data uploaded to Ford after each drive, yet the data flowing from Ford to me is 20-100KB... Maybe if I start getting reliable OTA updates might I then start to share my data again... Anyway, that was the minor rant part.... On to the real question.....
If I turn off Vehicle Location, does anyone know if/how that impacts Blue Cruise....? I guess the question comes down to whether the BC software running on my local truck determines its own location as far as BC-enabled roads, or does it somehow rely on Ford's location services that are turned on with this afore-mentioned toggle? The specific thing that comes to mind is the message that pops up when I get on a BC highway, telling me BC is available on this road. Not sure if that is determined by the truck actively sending my location to Ford, or if that is hard-coded into the BC Map database based on the truck's GPS coordinates and therefore determined "local" to the truck's SW.
All the other things I believe I will turn off, including:
* Connected Nav (I never use Ford's Nav as I find it to be really poor)
* Media Analytics - OFF, always has been off.
* Vehicle Analytics - ON now, but will be turning off....
* Vehicle Data - ON now, but will be turning off... I believe I will loose the vehicle health report, and all of the other data points like current mileage, miles to empty, & tire pressure (although tire pressures are no longer in FP V5), so no real big loss there....
* Driving Data - ON now, but will be turning off....
* Advanced Nav Features - OFF....
I will be curious to see how much data will be uploaded after going on a drive once these changes are made....
Thanks all!
If I turn off Vehicle Location, does anyone know if/how that impacts Blue Cruise....? I guess the question comes down to whether the BC software running on my local truck determines its own location as far as BC-enabled roads, or does it somehow rely on Ford's location services that are turned on with this afore-mentioned toggle? The specific thing that comes to mind is the message that pops up when I get on a BC highway, telling me BC is available on this road. Not sure if that is determined by the truck actively sending my location to Ford, or if that is hard-coded into the BC Map database based on the truck's GPS coordinates and therefore determined "local" to the truck's SW.
All the other things I believe I will turn off, including:
* Connected Nav (I never use Ford's Nav as I find it to be really poor)
* Media Analytics - OFF, always has been off.
* Vehicle Analytics - ON now, but will be turning off....
* Vehicle Data - ON now, but will be turning off... I believe I will loose the vehicle health report, and all of the other data points like current mileage, miles to empty, & tire pressure (although tire pressures are no longer in FP V5), so no real big loss there....
* Driving Data - ON now, but will be turning off....
* Advanced Nav Features - OFF....
I will be curious to see how much data will be uploaded after going on a drive once these changes are made....
Thanks all!
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