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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. 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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