Car Companies: Stop Your Huge Data Collection Programs - eviltoast

Nowadays, our cars are anything but a private space — they are full blown data collection nightmares on wheels.

New Mozilla research has revealed that popular global car brands — like Chevrolet, Nissan, Toyota, Kia, Audi, Jeep, Honda, Volkswagen, and more — are collecting your deeply personal data, like your genetic information and sexual activity. This invasive harvesting of information is collected via a web of sensors, microphones, cameras and the phones, apps, and connected services you use in your vehicle.

Car companies are brazenly collecting deeply personal information about people the moment they get into a car, often without explicit consent to do so. And that’s why the Mozilla community is now coming together to force car companies to respect our right to privacy. Add your name to ask car companies to stop collecting, sharing and selling our very personal information.

Find out more about our research on cars in the official launch blog post.

  • HeartyBeast
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    910 months ago

    Easier said than done when the car has an eSIM embedded who-knows-where

      • HeartyBeast
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        710 months ago

        How are you going to find the power supply if you don’t know where it is? It’s doubtful it will be on its own dedicated fuse supply.

        • @Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          310 months ago

          If you can’t read your car’s repair manual, pay a mechanic to do it for you. I doubt they will say no. Almost every manufacturer has a rapair manual.