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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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[–] 11 points 1 week ago

Would rather drive a rust bucket. I do drive a rust bucket. I'm not affraid of scratching it. I don't feel I have to always keep it pristine clean. I'm not affraid of working on it myself. I'm not being charged robbed subscriptions for equipment already installed. I'm not wondering wether I'm being tracked by sick fucking creeps.

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