Miles Plug
An in-vehicle OBD-II plug aimed at families with teenage drivers, offering location tracking, driving-behavior analysis and emergency crash response. It uses a hardware-based charging model and commits to not selling user data.
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Miles Plug is an in-car device that plugs into a vehicle's OBD-II port, priced at $99, capable of monitoring location, driving habits, and vehicle health, and providing emergency crash response and roadside assistance.
The OBD-II port usually provides 12V constant or ACC power, so devices like Miles Plug can work without additional wiring.
Miles Plug's features fall into three categories: location tracking, driving habit monitoring (hard acceleration, hard braking, speeding, etc.), and automatic triggering of emergency response and roadside assistance in a crash.
Miles Plug's $99 hardware price is a one-time fee, but services such as emergency response and roadside assistance may involve subscriptions, so ongoing costs should be confirmed before purchase.
The Miles Plug vendor emphasizes that it does not sell user data, distinguishing it from many free in-car tracking apps that monetize data.
"Not selling data" is not the same as "not collecting data"; to provide tracking and rescue, the device must continuously upload location and vehicle status.
For small hardware vendors like Miles Plug, obtaining privacy certifications such as TRUSTe, ISO 27001, or SOC 2 is costly, but at minimum they should provide a clear list of sub-processors.
Miles Plug is plug-and-play, and the companion app shows basic location and trip records; but for older vehicle models, OBD-II data may be limited by protocol constraints, restricting functionality.
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Miles Plug is an in-car device that plugs into a vehicle's OBD-II port, priced at $99, capable of monitoring location, driving habits, and vehicle health, and providing emergency crash response and roadside assistance.
50%UnverifiedThe OBD-II port usually provides 12V constant or ACC power, so devices like Miles Plug can work without additional wiring.
50%UnverifiedMiles Plug's features fall into three categories: location tracking, driving habit monitoring (hard acceleration, hard braking, speeding, etc.), and automatic triggering of emergency response and roadside assistance in a crash.
50%UnverifiedMiles Plug's $99 hardware price is a one-time fee, but services such as emergency response and roadside assistance may involve subscriptions, so ongoing costs should be confirmed before purchase.
50%UnverifiedThe Miles Plug vendor emphasizes that it does not sell user data, distinguishing it from many free in-car tracking apps that monetize data.
50%Unverified"Not selling data" is not the same as "not collecting data"; to provide tracking and rescue, the device must continuously upload location and vehicle status.
50%UnverifiedFor small hardware vendors like Miles Plug, obtaining privacy certifications such as TRUSTe, ISO 27001, or SOC 2 is costly, but at minimum they should provide a clear list of sub-processors.
50%UnverifiedMiles Plug is plug-and-play, and the companion app shows basic location and trip records; but for older vehicle models, OBD-II data may be limited by protocol constraints, restricting functionality.
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