Your Car Is Sharing Data With Big Tech Companies, Study Finds - Consumer Reports
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New study finds cars send driver data to Big Tech companies, including locations, VINs, and other identifiers.
  • SkullgridEnglish
    67·
    9 days ago

    How are they doing this? Do they have their own little simcard the Chinese govt pays out the ass for?

    • mrmissesEnglish
      241·
      9 days ago

      From what OP posted of the article why do you think it is Chinese companies doing this when it’s clearly american. We live in the shit hole you have been made to believe China is

      • CombatWombat@feddit.onlineEnglish
        83·
        9 days ago

        Y’all do know you’re allowed to open and read the article, yeah?

        The top recipients of driver data included many of the largest tech companies operating in the U.S., including Alphabet (which runs Google), Amazon, Meta (which runs Facebook), Microsoft, Pinterest, and Reddit, among dozens of others. Many of these companies play two roles in the driver data ecosystem, as both providers of software (such as the Android Automotive operating system) and as operators of advertising “auction” platforms that marketers use to target specific types of customers. As such, the companies that collect driver data are often the first node in a vast personal data ecosystem.

        • mrmissesEnglish
          121·
          9 days ago

          My point was the person I was talking to didn’t even need to do that to know this isn’t a Chinese problem

        • mrmissesEnglish
          2·
          9 days ago

          The royal we. Those of us that live in the shit hole usa

    • JcbAzPxEnglish
      13·
      9 days ago

      Not Chinese, but yes, every modern car has a data only cellular connection of some sort. They can easily afford it because they’re selling your data to anyone who will buy it.

      • SkullgridEnglish
        4·
        9 days ago

        Fucking hell, I don’t even have an electric car but I wanted one. Can we just exist without having it be ruined?

      • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
        2·
        8 days ago

        Not only that, they’re double dipping! You’re paying $30/month for bullshit features like remote start or temp controls, meanwhile they also make money on your data!!

        1. People need to stop being dumb enough to pay for this shit, and
        2. People need to push back on all the surveillance happening.
    • myrmidex@belgae.socialEnglish
      6·
      9 days ago

      almost a quarter of the vehicle apps were found to be sending out personally identifiable information

      confirming my suspicion it was done through the accompanying app