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‘Modern cars are a privacy nightmare,’ the worst Mozilla’s seen (www.theverge.com)
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[–] KotFlinte@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't even begin to see your point

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does Mozilla, who makes a web browser, have to do with cars?

The point couldn't get more obvious.

[–] KotFlinte@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Why do cars, which are supposed to drive you from A to B, have to do with transferring your usage data via the internet?

And yet, here we are!

It's very fitting that a foundation that writes an open and privacy focused message on its flag then reviews this behaviour.

In your metaphor, the bicycle company produces shitty underwater bikes and you claim that fish wouldn't know a thing or two about swimming.