Not in the EU they’re not.
Legally they can’t and if they do it and get caught the fines are proportional to their Worldwide Revenues.
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ShepherdPie@midwest.social 2 months agoNah they’re using that cloud connection to spy on you and make money on the backend by selling your data.
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
Also to be able to disable certain functionalities of your car if you don’t pay a
monthly ransomsubscription.