Nowadays, our cars are anything but a private space — they are full blown data collection nightmares on wheels.
New Mozilla research has revealed that popular global car brands — like Chevrolet, Nissan, Toyota, Kia, Audi, Jeep, Honda, Volkswagen, and more — are collecting your deeply personal data, like your genetic information and sexual activity. This invasive harvesting of information is collected via a web of sensors, microphones, cameras and the phones, apps, and connected services you use in your vehicle.
Car companies are brazenly collecting deeply personal information about people the moment they get into a car, often without explicit consent to do so. And that’s why the Mozilla community is now coming together to force car companies to respect our right to privacy. Add your name to ask car companies to stop collecting, sharing and selling our very personal information.
Find out more about our research on cars in the official launch blog post.
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Another reason bicycles are the best form of transport 😎
You mean I get to exercise, see my city from close up, reduce my environmental impact and protect my privacy??
Lots of bicycles are implementing spyware these days too. Obviously not “analog” bikes.
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they’re called e-peds sometimes.
You mean like Van Moof? They collect a shit ton of data.
I wouldn’t say best form of transport because it depends what you’re transporting, how far you’re going and when do you need to be there, if you’re commuting to work or cycling for pleasure.
If it really was the best form of transport, I would have a bike, but because of what my job demands it is literally impossible or insane to do.
That being said, I do miss my old bike (it got stolen 😔) and tinkering with it, super worth the money I bought it for.
WHO’S GOING TO CARRY THE BOATS?!
*for now
I don’t know that seat is probably absorbing data from your buttctack
Im a cyclist who would love to not have to own a car but its just impossible between the suburbs, winter climate, and shitty, dirty public transport in my city. It also takes 10x longer to get anywhere. Plus anyone I know who bikes to work stinks.
Is there such a thing as open source vehicle system software?
I haven’t heard of any - and if there were I bet you the car companies would do everything they can to prevent you from installing it.
are collecting your deeply personal data, like your genetic information and sexual activity
Most of these policies are just putting in there as a sort of “catch-all” in case they collect it incidentally. I don’t see anything to indicate that they’re actively collecting this information.
Not a great take. “I’m probably not going to take all this money that’s sitting on the table. I could if I wanted to, I just don’t know if I really want to. Maybe. Will I?”
That’s not my “take”, that’s just the facts of the situation.
Do all of your “the facts” start with “probably”, “possibly”, “maybe”, or “under the best circumstances when all people involved place morality over their own personal and collective best interests, despite explicitly stating that they can and will do otherwise”?
You are trying to take way more from what I said than exactly what I said. It’s not a puzzle. I don’t need you to extrapolate my intentions.
You’re right. You said “I don’t see”, which might actually be true. It’s much more likely that you are wearing a blindfold than it is for major corporations to not be gathering as much data as possible at every opportunity.
I did not say they are not collecting anything. Mozilla, on the other hand, puts this forth as a fact, as far as I can tell, without any evidence:
global car brands…are collecting your deeply personal data, like your genetic information and sexual activity.
I don’t see why collecting data about your sexual activity or genetic information would benefit them.
Direct advertising and predictive analytics, same for literally every other minute piece of data that’s being collected on you. What makes you think sex or genes are off the table?
I can tell this matters, but you’re being unnecessarily antagonistic about this to a total stranger.
These posts look like they are making fun of Mozilla at first glance, Like: “Privacy not included” -Mozilla
