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podcast - The Daily: Your Car May Be Spying on You (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 8 months ago by merde@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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As cars become ever more sophisticated pieces of technology, they’ve begun sharing information about their drivers, sometimes with unnerving consequences.

Kashmir Hill, a features writer for The Times, explains what information cars can log and what that can mean for their owners.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just drive a rustbucket

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I currently drive two older cars (>15 years old), and I was hoping to get an EV to replace my commuter (Toyota Prius), but they're all full of "smart" nonsense. Hopefully someone ends up making a sensible, simple EV w/o the spyware.

[–] ginaintheburg@mastodon.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

@sugar_in_your_tea @possiblylinux127

Good luck with that. You can't even buy a "dumb" TV anymore.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

They are available, selection is just a lot more limited.