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Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think (www.theverge.com)
submitted 17 hours ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/52944835

You hear it all the time: Modern cars are basically smartphones on wheels. And just like the phone in your pocket, the car in your driveway collects vast amounts of data - tracking where you drive, how fast you accelerate, how hard you brake, how aggressively you turn, and much more. The legality of this […]

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[-] whosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 hours ago

My truck is >20 years old but it won't last forever. Is removing the car's cell antenna a viable solution?

[-] GraveyardOrbit@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago

Depends on the make and model, some cars won’t care, some will throw a trouble code, some will brick the infotainment, some won’t work at all

[-] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 3 hours ago

Depends on the vehicle, but yes

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