Your car is a smartphone on wheels: A team of researchers tested 21 vehicles and found that all of them transmitted data to a third-party domain. And over half were pinging advertising companies.

beep@piefed.world · edit-2 8 hours ago

Your car is a smartphone on wheels: A team of researchers tested 21 vehicles and found that all of them transmitted data to a third-party domain. And over half were pinging advertising companies.

Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 7 hours ago

How are they doing this? Do they have their own little simcard the Chinese govt pays out the ass for?

JcbAzPx@lemmy.world · 4 hours ago

Not Chinese, but yes, every modern car has a data only cellular connection of some sort. They can easily afford it because they’re selling your data to anyone who will buy it.

Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 3 hours ago

Fucking hell, I don’t even have an electric car but I wanted one. Can we just exist without having it be ruined?

mrmisses@lemmy.world · edit-2 7 hours ago

From what OP posted of the article why do you think it is Chinese companies doing this when it’s clearly american. We live in the shit hole you have been made to believe China is

CombatWombat@feddit.online · 7 hours ago

Y’all do know you’re allowed to open and read the article, yeah?

The top recipients of driver data included many of the largest tech companies operating in the U.S., including Alphabet (which runs Google), Amazon, Meta (which runs Facebook), Microsoft, Pinterest, and Reddit, among dozens of others. Many of these companies play two roles in the driver data ecosystem, as both providers of software (such as the Android Automotive operating system) and as operators of advertising “auction” platforms that marketers use to target specific types of customers. As such, the companies that collect driver data are often the first node in a vast personal data ecosystem.

mrmisses@lemmy.world · 7 hours ago

My point was the person I was talking to didn’t even need to do that to know this isn’t a Chinese problem

Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 7 hours ago

Who is this “we”?
https://autopostglobal.com/car-news-industry/article/57981/ , https://kinacentrum.se/en/publications/security-concerns-regarding-chinese-connected-cars-a-short-overview/
Does it really matter if it’s the fucking chinese govt or ford doing this? I want to know how they do it.

mrmisses@lemmy.world · 7 hours ago

The royal we. Those of us that live in the shit hole usa

myrmidex@belgae.social · 7 hours ago

almost a quarter of the vehicle apps were found to be sending out personally identifiable information

confirming my suspicion it was done through the accompanying app

Your car is a smartphone on wheels: A team of researchers tested 21 vehicles and found that all of them transmitted data to a third-party domain. And over half were pinging advertising companies.

Your car is a smartphone on wheels: A team of researchers tested 21 vehicles and found that all of them transmitted data to a third-party domain. And over half were pinging advertising companies.

Your Car Is Sharing Data With Big Tech Companies, Study Finds - Consumer Reports