1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auKatharine Trendacostahttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/katharinetrendacosta-usa/You Can Absolutely Be Identified Just By How You Driverich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qiNUPbTkLY"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2016/05/you-can-absolutely-be-identified-just-by-how-you-drive/">You Can Absolutely Be Identified Just By How You Drive</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2016/05/you-can-absolutely-be-identified-just-by-how-you-drive/embed/#?secret=qiNUPbTkLY" width="600" height="338" title="“You Can Absolutely Be Identified Just By How You Drive” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="qiNUPbTkLY" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/26/gxzvzm8syriut3ofbxgt.jpg?quality=75800450Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego did an experiment to see what could be learned from just the information many cars are already recording. The result was that the way people drove was as identifiable as a fingerprint.