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Technology@beehaw.org · 7 months ago

How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me)

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How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me)

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Technology@beehaw.org · 7 months ago

This privacy reporter and her husband bought a Chevrolet Bolt in December. Two risk-profiling companies had been getting detailed data about their driving ever since.

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And it’s definitely not just G.M.!

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/

F*** all these spying, lying companies for normalizing this kind of behavior.

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