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<blockquote data-quote="HiredHand" data-source="post: 4146170" data-attributes="member: 2469"><p>The other thread about the potential for someone to take over your car reminded me of this recent report from Mozilla. </p><p></p><p>"Car makers have been bragging about their cars being “computers on wheels" for <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-musk-computer-on-wheels-20150319-story.html" target="_blank">years</a> to promote their advanced features. However, the conversation about what driving a computer means for its occupants' privacy hasn’t really caught up. While we worried that our doorbells and watches that connect to the internet might be spying on us, car brands quietly entered the data business by turning their vehicles into powerful data-gobbling machines. Machines that, because of all those brag-worthy bells and whistles, have an unmatched power to watch, listen, and collect information about what you do and where you go in your car."</p><p> </p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/#:~:text=Most%20(92%25)%20give%20drivers,have%20their%20personal%20data%20deleted.[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HiredHand, post: 4146170, member: 2469"] The other thread about the potential for someone to take over your car reminded me of this recent report from Mozilla. "Car makers have been bragging about their cars being “computers on wheels" for [URL='https://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-musk-computer-on-wheels-20150319-story.html']years[/URL] to promote their advanced features. However, the conversation about what driving a computer means for its occupants' privacy hasn’t really caught up. While we worried that our doorbells and watches that connect to the internet might be spying on us, car brands quietly entered the data business by turning their vehicles into powerful data-gobbling machines. Machines that, because of all those brag-worthy bells and whistles, have an unmatched power to watch, listen, and collect information about what you do and where you go in your car." [URL unfurl="true"]https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/#:~:text=Most%20(92%25)%20give%20drivers,have%20their%20personal%20data%20deleted.[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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