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Your car is a smartphone on wheels: A team of researchers tested 21 vehicles and found that all of them transmitted data to a third-party domain. And over half were pinging advertising companies. (www.consumerreports.org)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1432229/your-car-is-a-smartphone-on-wheels-a-team-of-researchers-tested-21-vehicles-and-found-th

Data sent by vehicles and companion apps included locations, VINs, and other identifiers. Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft were among the top receivers of driver data.

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[–] -1 points 1 month ago (9 children)

How are they doing this? Do they have their own little simcard the Chinese govt pays out the ass for?

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Not Chinese, but yes, every modern car has a data only cellular connection of some sort. They can easily afford it because they're selling your data to anyone who will buy it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Not only that, they're double dipping! You're paying $30/month for bullshit features like remote start or temp controls, meanwhile they also make money on your data!!

    1. People need to stop being dumb enough to pay for this shit, and
    2. People need to push back on all the surveillance happening.
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  • [–] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

    From what OP posted of the article why do you think it is Chinese companies doing this when it's clearly american. We live in the shit hole you have been made to believe China is

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Y'all do know you're allowed to open and read the article, yeah?

    The top recipients of driver data included many of the largest tech companies operating in the U.S., including Alphabet (which runs Google), Amazon, Meta (which runs Facebook), Microsoft, Pinterest, and Reddit, among dozens of others. Many of these companies play two roles in the driver data ecosystem, as both providers of software (such as the Android Automotive operating system) and as operators of advertising “auction” platforms that marketers use to target specific types of customers. As such, the companies that collect driver data are often the first node in a vast personal data ecosystem.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (1 child)
    1. Who is this "we"?
    2. https://autopostglobal.com/car-news-industry/article/57981/ , https://kinacentrum.se/en/publications/security-concerns-regarding-chinese-connected-cars-a-short-overview/
    3. Does it really matter if it's the fucking chinese govt or ford doing this? I want to know how they do it.
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