Privacy

32165 readers

360 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don't promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
Be nice :)

Related communities

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

501

Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks – new report (theconversation.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

95 comments fedilink hide all child comments

New research reveals serious privacy flaws in the data practices of new internet connected cars in Australia. It’s yet another reason why we need urgent reform of privacy laws.

Modern cars are increasingly equipped with internet-enabled features. Your “connected car” might automatically detect an accident and call emergency services, or send a notification if a child is left in the back seat.

But connected cars are also sophisticated surveillance devices. The data they collect can create a highly revealing picture of each driver. If this data is misused, it can result in privacy and security threats.

A report published today analysed the privacy terms from 15 of the most popular new car brands that sell connected cars in Australia.

(page 2) 46 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] ThermonuclearCactus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I mean if you're mechanically talented enough and sufficiently motivated, you could probably rip out the digital controls and replace them with mechanical analogs, getting rid of the computer entirely. Extremely difficult, but probably doable if you know what you're doing.

That aside, we shouldn't have to do that to get out of being spied on.

[–] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Or just disable the cell modem.

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

New report Mozilla said this a year ago I think. Released a privacy report on all car manufactures.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

I'm shocked, i tell you, shocked!

load more comments