While it's not like there's a lighter side of modern cars tracking us to the extent that they do, it does look like there's a much darker side for DV victims now that the cars they co-owned with their abusers come with GPS trackers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/31/technology/car-trackers-gps-abuse.html
#Privacy #Cybersecurity #Cars #GPSTracking #DomesticViolence
Cars in general are a privacy nightmare, but the above is a particularly bad example. For a more general overview of just how data-hungry car manufacturers are getting, see:
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/
And it doesn't help that the current level of cybersecurity expertise in car manufacturers is pretty woeful:
https://www.securityweek.com/16-car-makers-and-their-vehicles-hacked-telematics-apis-infrastructure/
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.
@DaniEhm I hear you, too many people are too complacent about stuff like this.
What I'm starting to realise is that the answer isn't to try to figure out how to engage the terminally lazy - some people just won't care. But others will, so it's a matter of reaching them and figuring out how to work together.
And not succumbing to hopelessness - that's also important.
Stryder Notavi
Dani 🍁