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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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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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[–] 19 points 1 week ago (1 child)

I hate my 2013 Mazda but also love it. Stupid and full of bad memories

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