noctisatrae@beehaw.org to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 10 months ago"Cars are the worst product for privacy" | Hope this will reach the normie consumer!foundation.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down14cross-posted to: tech@kbin.socialfuckcars@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.worldfuckcars@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
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minus-squarezeekaran@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-210 months agoHow do they collect any data? Beyond the locations the car drives to. From the article: from your medical information, your genetic information, to your “sex life” But how? I can’t fathom it.
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·10 months agoFrom metadata alone, you could identify somebody at a strip club on Friday, a church on Sunday, and an STD clinic on Tuesday
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·10 months agoBear in mind many models also have voice recognition, and the Bluetooth can potentially pick up the MAC on every phone in the car.
minus-squareByteWelder@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoInternal dash cam video and/or audio.
How do they collect any data? Beyond the locations the car drives to.
From the article:
But how? I can’t fathom it.
From metadata alone, you could identify somebody at a strip club on Friday, a church on Sunday, and an STD clinic on Tuesday
By connecting to your phone.
Bear in mind many models also have voice recognition, and the Bluetooth can potentially pick up the MAC on every phone in the car.
Internal dash cam video and/or audio.