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This is the best summary I could come up with:


But drivers are given little or no control over the personal data their vehicles collect, researchers for the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation said Wednesday in their latest “Privacy Not Included” survey Security standards are also vague, a big concern given automakers’ track record of susceptibility to hacking.

Cars scored worst for privacy among more than a dozen product categories – including fitness trackers, reproductive-health apps, smart speakers and other connected home appliances – that Mozilla has studied since 2017.

The absence of such a law lets connected devices and smartphones amass data for tailored ad targeting and other marketing – while also raising the odds of massive information theft through cybersecurity breaches.

Japan-based Nissan astounded researchers with the level of honesty and detailed breakdowns of data collection its privacy notice provides, a stark contrast with Big Tech companies such as Facebook or Google.

Further, Nissan says it can share “inferences” drawn from the data to create profiles “reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behaviour, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.”

If an owner opts out of data collection, Tesla’s privacy notice says the company may not be able to notify drivers “in real time” of issues that could result in “reduced functionality, serious damage, or inoperability.”


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Be me

Siemens Charger

People using my wifi to get work done

Cool story, bro

Oh, look, somebody thought the tracks were a cool place to park

No parking zone will be enforced with extreme prejudice.

choo choo

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45 points

This has been one of the major reasons I have no desire to buy a new car. I do not want a $30k IoT device that spies on me. Unfortunately, that is pretty much the norm now.

If/when I am forced to buy another, I’ll be looking hard into which ones are the easiest to rip the modem out of. Can’t be an IoT spying device without the internet.

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5 points

I wonder what your insurance company would say about that.

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People modify their cars all the time and my insurance company has no business tracking everything I do either.

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7 points

Fuck that insurance company. When mine shipped a couple of OBD-II connection boxes for us to install for our auto insurance, I sent them back. They told me I wouldn’t get their special discount if I didn’t install the trackers in our 2 vehicles. I said I’m not installing your tracker boxes regardless. I continue to have car insurance, and those alleged discounts didn’t really amount to much.

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13 points

I’m looking into restomods myself. No need to buy a new car and rip it up.

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9 points

This is the best summary I could come up with:


But drivers are given little or no control over the personal data their vehicles collect, researchers for the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation said Wednesday in their latest “Privacy Not Included” survey Security standards are also vague, a big concern given automakers’ track record of susceptibility to hacking.

Cars scored worst for privacy among more than a dozen product categories – including fitness trackers, reproductive-health apps, smart speakers and other connected home appliances – that Mozilla has studied since 2017.

The absence of such a law lets connected devices and smartphones amass data for tailored ad targeting and other marketing – while also raising the odds of massive information theft through cybersecurity breaches.

Japan-based Nissan astounded researchers with the level of honesty and detailed breakdowns of data collection its privacy notice provides, a stark contrast with Big Tech companies such as Facebook or Google.

Further, Nissan says it can share “inferences” drawn from the data to create profiles “reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behaviour, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.”

If an owner opts out of data collection, Tesla’s privacy notice says the company may not be able to notify drivers “in real time” of issues that could result in “reduced functionality, serious damage, or inoperability.”


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33 points

This is why GM is looking to remove android auto and Apple CarPlay. No mediator between them and your data

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1 point

Sure there is its called a screwdriver and it goes directly through the computer!

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1 point

Lol no. They want to remove easy access to digital services so they can charge for their own.

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2 points

Right. That too

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