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How to Figure Out What Your Car Knows About You (and Opt Out of Sharing When You Can) (www.eff.org)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Cars collect a lot of our personal data, and car companies disclose a lot of that data to third parties. It’s often unclear what’s being collected, and what's being shared and with whom. A recent New York Times article highlighted how data is shared by G.M. with insurance companies, sometimes without clear knowledge from the driver. If you're curious about what your car knows about you, you might be able to find out. In some cases, you may even be able to opt out of some of that sharing of data.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Best ways to circumvent this:

  1. Buy a pre-2000s car. Sure, cars were going high tech before but this was long before IoT became a thing.

  2. Ditch the car all together and get into to cycling and e-bike culture.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not possible for people that commute miles/km to work

[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not with that attitude and those wimpy legs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Some people are required to wear a suit and not smell like a pig, after a bike ride of 25miles to work would do.