It’s Official: Cars Are Terrible at Privacy and Security
www.mozillafoundation.org
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 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?

  • Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world
    2·
    5 days ago

    If you think your wireless cell phone that constantly is in sync with cell phone radio towers around you does not allow your location to be known or calculated, I have some bad news for you.

    Again, I am not saying I am giving up on anything. I mention that because the action of securing your car without being realistic about what your phone is doing while in your car or in your pocket is an half baked exercise.

    • higgsboson@piefed.socialEnglish
      6·
      5 days ago

      You’re moving the goalposts. My carrier being able to infer my location is a far cry from every app broadcasting my location back to their CDP so they can sell it to advertisers. I have worked within the infrastructure involved here and I know very well how much information YOUR apps are sharing with their masters.

      • Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 days ago

        I’m not doing anything, you are inferring what I meant without asking… Again, all I am saying is that the car is one vector for tracking both via location and activity and you should not ignore one and think that you are not being tracked.