“The worst offender was Nissan, Mozilla said. The carmaker’s privacy policy suggests the manufacturer collects information including sexual activity, health diagnosis data, and genetic data, though there’s no details about how exactly that data is gathered. Nissan reserves the right to share and sell “preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes” to data brokers, law enforcement, and other third parties.”

https://gizmodo.com/mozilla-new-cars-data-privacy-report-1850805416

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@nazgul the interesting part was that Tesla comes out as one of the worst in the Mozilla report but Gizmodo chose not to include them.

Indeed, #Tesla is ranked *last* in the Mozilla Foundation’s #privacy ranking, one place behind Nissan.

"Tesla is only the second product we have ever reviewed to receive all of our privacy “dings.” "

Not even mentioned by Gizmodo… afraid of a poll on X/Twitter to kick them out for harming the owner’s business… 🤷‍♂️?

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

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*Privacy Not Included: A Buyer’s Guide for Connected Products

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For clarification (as this seems to be getting a bit of attention) and documentation:

Below you will find the sources mentioned and the corresponding screenshots, which in my humble opinion reveal a strikingly friendly attitude towards a certain car manufacturer.

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

https://gizmodo.com/mozilla-new-cars-data-privacy-report-1850805416

*Privacy Not Included: A Buyer’s Guide for Connected Products

All 25 car brands we researched earned our *Privacy Not Included warning label – making cars the worst category of products that we have ever reviewed

Mozilla Foundation
@oliver_schafeld what I am curious about is...how does a car even collect "sexual activity data" unless the car is driven by a teenager?