Comment on British defence firms tell staff not to charge phones in Chinese-built EVs over fears of espionage
UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk 2 months agoAll modern cars are a major privacy issue to the consumer. This though is a guideline to employees of high risk companies, who believe that China wants their data specifically.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Believing that China couldn’t find a use for everyone’s data is pretty naive.
DoPeopleLookHere@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
That’s not what they said?
They said all do it. It’s just one company taking extra precautions.
Not sure how you got China isn’t stealing data from that.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
What they said seems to imply that only the people of those companies should care
DoPeopleLookHere@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I think your reading more than there’s there.
It’s one company asking employees to take precautions.
China has been doing this to American industries for decades.
www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-64206950
It’s not unreasonable to assume an auto company is specifically targeted. And while extreme, not unheard of either.
But the first sentence specifically calls out all automakers of privacy nightmares.