It’s Official: Cars Are Terrible at Privacy and Security

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

Ah, the wind in your hair, the open road ahead, and not a care in the world… except all the trackers, cameras, microphones, and sensors capturing your every move. Ugh. Modern cars are a privacy nightmare.

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AhismaMiasma@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y

I don't even trust the company that handles the petition to care for my privacy

coco@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Any car pre-2000 will be valuable !!!!

rikudou@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I have a 2014 car that isn't connected to anything. The smartest thing there is the Bluetooth radio.

Wisely@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Does it have an option for satellite radio?

rikudou@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 2y

Nope.

missveeronica@lemmynsfw.com · 0 pts · 2y (1 reply)

We carry small portable surveillance technology with us everywhere, even to the bathroom and a new car is supposed to worry me?

Solumbran@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y

I doubt that it is as easy to install or root a system on a car as it is on a phone. So that's a shitty perfectionist fallacy.