Privacy Nightmare on Wheels

[Verdinut]

Kia and Nissan are among the worst offenders including Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota:

‘Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed By Mozilla — Including Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota — Flunks Privacy Test

Mozilla’s latest edition of *Privacy Not Included reveals how 25 major car brands collect and share deeply personal data, including sexual activity, facial expressions, and genetic and health information.

foundation.mozilla.org

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

also TVs:

What your smart TV knows about you – and how to stop it harvesting data

Smart TVs are always gathering data about you that can be monetised. What can you opt out of – and what can you safely leave alone?

www.theguardian.com

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Kia and Nissan are among the worst offenders including Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota:

The worst offender is Nissan who admitted to collecting privacy data. Hyundai/Kia admitted they COULD collect and pass the info to law enforcement.
I personally trust Telsa the least, as they have (public knowledge) always connected data links from cars to Tesla. Only a few people in Tesla and God know what they collect, for how long, and what they do with it.

Also, if your car brand isn't mentioned in the article, it doesn't mean you're safe:
None of the 25 car brands got 100% passing scores:

All the car brands we reviewed, ranked from bad to worst for your privacy

datawrapper.dwcdn.net

 

[mtrycrafts]

...
I personally trust Telsa the least, ...

One only has to look at the leader.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

One only has to look at the leader.

case in point:

Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars

Between 2019 and 2022, groups of Tesla employees privately shared via an internal messaging system sometimes highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras.

www.reuters.com

 

[Mikado463]

Just think of the field day they could have had back in my youth and the days of drive-in theaters !!