When I went to trade school in 2010 for automotive repair our instructors told us this was going to happen. At the time, I thought they were just grumpy old men who didn’t like that cars were becoming more and more electronic. How wrong I was
Automakers’ data privacy practices “are unacceptable,” says US senator
Submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to privacyguides@lemmy.one
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ThatRocco@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I want to thank the Automakers for giving me more reasons to ride a bike! 🤗 🤗
rebul@kbin.social 11 months ago
Typical Washington bluster for optics. Auto manufacturers and their unions contribute too much money to politicians, nothing will be done.
carnimoss@lemmings.world 11 months ago
Are there any modern cars without this problem? It makes sense that they steal data considering how many have wifi and bluetooth
speaker_hat@lemmy.one 11 months ago
I guess only the ones without Internet connection
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 11 months ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
And like many technologically engaged Ars Technica readers, he does not like what he sees in terms of automakers’ approach to data privacy.
On Friday, Sen. Markey wrote to 14 car companies with a variety of questions about data privacy policies, urging them to do better.
The problems were widespread—most automakers collect too much personal data and are too eager to sell or share it with third parties, the foundation found.
Markey noted the Mozilla Foundation report in his letters, which were sent to BMW, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Stellantis, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, and Volkswagen.
The senator is concerned about the large amounts of data that modern cars can collect, including the troubling potential to use biometric data (like the rate a driver blinks and breathes, as well as their pulse) to infer mood or mental health.
"Although certain data collection and sharing practices may have real benefits, consumers should not be subject to a massive data collection apparatus, with any disclosures hidden in pages-long privacy policies filled with legalese.
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ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I prefer my car just be a car! I am definitely getting old.
MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 11 months ago
No, you aren’t. You just haven’t been conditioned your whole life to accept 100% surveillance.