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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 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.

www.consumerreports.org

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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.

www.consumerreports.org

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago

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

www.consumerreports.org

New study finds cars send driver data to Big Tech companies, including locations, VINs, and other identifiers.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1432229/your-car-is-a-smartphone-on-wheels-a-team-of-researchers-tested-21-vehicles-and-found-th

Data sent by vehicles and companion apps included locations, VINs, and other identifiers. Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft were among the top receivers of driver data.

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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

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