▲ 396 ▼ Volkswagen has been collecting geolocation data from their smart cars, which were accidentally made public (infosec.exchange) submitted 2 years ago by BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 60 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I suspect as much. Still, it would be nice to get a clear yes/no answer. I am already certain that my car is one of those privacy nightmares as reported on by Mozilla, and it would be good to know how screwed I actually am. As for why a car maker wouldn't track the car and spy on the occupants, GDPR is a huge reason, I just hope that it gets used permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] onlym3@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Well yes - I don't think it's a stretch to say that legislation is our best hope here. Not in my country, mind you, where I guarantee you that all we will get is lip-service to privacy, data protection, etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] onlym3@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Well yes - I don't think it's a stretch to say that legislation is our best hope here. Not in my country, mind you, where I guarantee you that all we will get is lip-service to privacy, data protection, etc. permalink fedilink source parent