On: Who is collecting data from your car?

[mnahkies]

Difficult to see at a distance is a little charitable - all cars I've encountered the vin is in the engine bay.

Without a license plate, all you have to go on is make / model / colour and any obvious modifications, essentially the same as seeing a random human but with less cardinality since vehicles are mass produced

[rad_gruchalski → mnahkies]

The VIN number in modern cars is located in multiple places. Usually: engine mount, central tunnel, under the windscreen, often in the trunk.

[kube-system → mnahkies]

They’re normally externally visible at the lower corner of your windshield. Authorities often do use these numbers when verifying the identity of parked cars or if they suspect an issue with the plate.