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submitted 2 weeks ago by BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de to c/privacy@programming.dev

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I am sure this article has been shared before, however I wanted to have a look at this topic.
The articles short summary is this:

All 25 car brands we researched earned our *Privacy Not Included warning label – making cars the worst category of products that we have ever reviewed

I am currently driving a 2014 Ford Fiesta which just has a radio with a CD player and Bluetooth. I do not need more than that in a car.

The reason I am looking at all is that that the Fiesta does not belong to me and the friend owning it will be moving out in a bit, so I kinda need another one.

There seems to be one brand that is not as bad as the other ones (but still bad): Renault; mozilla's review...
Maybe I will have a look at their cars.

What do you guys think? Stick to older used cars and not use an EV or look at which of the manufacturers have the least bad privacy policy?

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[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I’m confused here, if cars are not connected to the internet how else are they broadcasting the data? Or is it collected during maintenance and if so what do mechanics care about your sexual activity.

Edit: Reading through the comments there are 3G/4G/LTE/5G bands in the cars? Who is paying for the cellular service then?

I don’t drive nor care about cars so this isn’t my wheelhouse obviously.

[–] PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I pay for a 5g wireless number from AT&T. Not sure exactly what my Mustang is selling. But I do get warnings.

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[–] xav@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

My French car asks me at startup if I allow it to send my data. The default settings if I don't answer by 10 seconds is the last one, i.e. "no than you". Thank you EU.

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