Kee HinckleySep 6, 2023

“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

If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare

Bad news: your car is a spy. Every major car brand's new internet-connected models flunked privacy and security tests conducted by Mozilla.

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Show threadRevK Sep 6, 2023
@nazgul surely, legally, most, if not all, of that needs consent. So how the hell does that work for passengers, or other people driving than the owner (who may have agreed)?
Show threadAlun JonesSep 6, 2023
@revk @nazgul we have a 2018 model Leaf. Every time you start it, there's a data consent popup. You can accept or reject the terms each time. I suspect that if you reject then it doesn't record trip details for that trip.
Show threadSallyX
@pengfold A popup every time you start the car? Good grief, that sounds like a nightmare even if the popup were "would you like to see puppies" instead of "can we violate your privacy."
Sep 6, 2023 at 11:21amWeb
Show threadAlun JonesSep 6, 2023
@sallyexactly it's a touch annoying, yes, but it does at least satisfy their legal obligations. Got to wonder about how other manufacturers think they're complying!