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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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[–] 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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