Consumer group finds ‘Connected Services’ feature can send personal and vehicle data to third parties, with drivers told removing components risks voiding warranty
  • Substance_P@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    The Mozilla Foundation found that in late 2023, 92 percent of the automakers reviewed provided drivers with little to no control over their personal data. Additionally, 84 percent shared user data with third parties.

    Why isn’t there more consumer outrage over this? And why haven’t lawmakers addressed this on a national level, given the potential dangers posed by this data collection?

  • bitwolf@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Anyone happen to know where the sim card is?

    I would find it appealing to have WiFi only

    • bitwolf@lemmy.oneEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Verify that your device does not share your contact book and texts over bluetooth (will break the infotainment built in “call X person” feature should you use that over your phones assistant for some reason)

      Its usually in the bluetooth settings for a particular device paired to your phone

      • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        I understand that they can share my location, but what personal information will they share? Are they photographing me inside my car? Are they recording me and sending it to the company? How do they know who my grandmother is unless I said her name out loud?

        • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
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          9 months ago

          How do they know who my grandmother is unless I said her name out loud?

          Aside from everything else, you’re describing a world where you don’t feel safe in your own car

        • odium@programming.devEnglish
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          9 months ago

          As the other comment says, they can do a lot more than just location.

          But even with just location, they can figure out where you work, what stores you visit, what protests you attend, what hobbies you have, who your friends and family are, and so much more. If you regularly drive someone else in your car, a child for example, they’ll also know all these things about them too.

          • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            9 months ago

            I suppose they could mine data about the vicinity of the machine to find out more, but how would they know the specific child with me in the car?

            • odium@programming.devEnglish
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              9 months ago

              They can know all of your children by buying that data from others. If one of your children is in middle school and one in elementary, they know which one is in the car by which location and time you picked them up.

              If you regularly go to a soccer field after picking up the kid in middle school, they now know that that kid is interested in soccer. They can sell this data to advertising companies who will use it to show your family soccer ball ads, cleats ads, tickets to soccer games, etc.