Comment on Mozilla review of 25 car brands finds they're "a privacy nightmare"

BilboBallbins@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• roboticide@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Depends on the OEM, but generally late-2010s is when it became more ubiquitous.

  Any car with an infotainment system is probably a “risk,” but especially '20s cars with features tied to apps are the real vulnerability here.

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• space@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I have a 2012 VW Golf 6 and it’s still ok. You can connect your phone via Bluetooth, but it acts more like a BT headset. It can show a contact list and caller ID, but that’s as far as it goes. Maps can only be updated by buying a special SD card from VW. The car itself cannot connect to the Internet at all. It can read mp3 music from USB drives and SD cards. It also has a cd drive, and radio.

  I’m quite happy with what it has. I know WV isn’t very popular in the US, but it’s common in Eastern Europe.

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• sugartits@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There are EV conversion kits available, so it is possible to turn an old car electric. They won’t have the storage capacity of a natively electric car, but it is an option.

  Unless it’s a classic, don’t. Just don’t.

  You’ll be forever fixing and tweaking it and the integration usually sucks.

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