It’s Official: Cars Are Terrible at Privacy and Security
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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

Mental health apps also bad for privacy matt-jokerfied

From a comment on the recent LWN.net article that links to this:

I quite liked Kia’s privacy policy states it may process “special categories” of data, including ... “trade union membership”. But then I don't own a Kia (or any other kind of car).

  • 7bicycles [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    and nothing will be done about it because people are addicted to their cars

    • wopazoo [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Not really addicted, it's more that in many parts of North America it's literally impossible to get anywhere in a timely manner outside of a car.

        • wopazoo [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          Not really, things are getting better, especially in metropolitan locales.

          • 7bicycles [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            better is clearing a very low bar here honestly

            I'm not hopeless about it, but any one of the betterment projects is also met with huge opposition nigh everywhere