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EV that does not track my every move (www.mozillafoundation.org)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/privacy@programming.dev
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I am sure this article has been shared before, however I wanted to have a look at this topic.
The articles short summary is this:

All 25 car brands we researched earned our *Privacy Not Included warning label – making cars the worst category of products that we have ever reviewed

I am currently driving a 2014 Ford Fiesta which just has a radio with a CD player and Bluetooth. I do not need more than that in a car.

The reason I am looking at all is that that the Fiesta does not belong to me and the friend owning it will be moving out in a bit, so I kinda need another one.

There seems to be one brand that is not as bad as the other ones (but still bad): Renault; mozilla's review...
Maybe I will have a look at their cars.

What do you guys think? Stick to older used cars and not use an EV or look at which of the manufacturers have the least bad privacy policy?

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[–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

You should double check that. There are lots of non-insurance apps that share data through data brokers where it gets back to insurers. You personally may not use them, but some people will/do.

I want to re-re-re-iterate that I am not advocating giving up on the idea of securing your car, I am just saying if you are going through the exercise of making sure your car is secure or offline that you also need to be realistic about what your phone shares even when locked down.

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