PRIVACY-ENHANCED RELATIVE LOCATION OF A VEHICLE

Examples described herein provide a method for providing an imprecise location of a vehicle to a user device. The method includes receiving, at a processing system of the vehicle, a handshake request, the handshake request initiated by the user device associated with an operator of the vehicle. The method further includes determining, by the processing system of the vehicle, a precise location of the user device. The method further includes generating, by the processing system of the vehicle, the imprecise location of the vehicle. The method further includes transmitting the imprecise location of the vehicle from the processing system to the user device. The method further includes enabling a virtual key function of the user device based at least in part on the precise location of the user device and the imprecise location of the vehicle.