Volkswagen has been collecting geolocation data from their smart cars, which were accidentally made public - eviltoast
Mathias Payer (@gannimo@infosec.exchange)
infosec.exchange
Attached: 1 image As it turns out, Volkswagen has been collecting extensive geo data from all their electric cars and made them available online in an AWS bucket. Almost 10TB of geo traces from 15 MiO cars. Amazing detail and patterns. This is why I don't want a smart car 🤯 https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/en/event/wir-wissen-wo-dein-auto-steht-volksdaten-von-volkswagen/ #Volksdaten
  • luciferofastora@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    12 days ago

    …because they think they’ll be on the profiteering side.

    And they think that the profiteering side still works like how it does today.