Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it
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Re: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it
#2No doubt about this one. But, how much are the ubiquitous ride-for-hire e-scooters spying on you, and everyone else on the street?
Re: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it
#3No doubt about this one. But, how much are the ubiquitous ride-for-hire e-scooters spying on you, and everyone else on the street?
It's where we are. Everything everywhere is collecting data and spying.
If it exists in a database, then the government has access to that database if it ever wants to legally or otherwise. It's been like that since 9:11 and probably before.
All we need now is for the right person to walk in and turn the key. We're lucky that Donald Trump is probably too stupid to understand what he's got under his thumb.
Re: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it
#4No doubt about this one. But, how much are the ubiquitous ride-for-hire e-scooters spying on you, and everyone else on the street?
It's where we are. Everything everywhere is collecting data and spying. If it exists in a database, then the government has access to that database if it ever wants to legally or otherwise. It's been like that since 9:11 and probably before. All we need now is for the right person to walk in and turn the key. We're lucky that Donald Trump is probably too stupid to understand what he's got under his thumb.
Comment of the year.
Re: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it
#5IIRC, Massachusetts passed a right-to-repair law a few years ago. Based upon the text of the law, all new cars purchased there have the spying disabled because they did not want to give up their proprietary info.
There have been a lot of court cases about that law by the manufacturers, so I do not know the status at this point.
So I wonder if that is still the case. If it is and an out of state person buys new there, will that "spying" remain disabled when they bring the car home ?
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#6Is there anything we can do about it short of avoiding new cars? Our legislators have proven unwilling to pass real privacy laws.
Re: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it
#7IIRC, Massachusetts passed a right-to-repair law a few years ago. Based upon the text of the law, all new cars purchased there have the spying disabled because they did not want to give up their proprietary info. There have been a lot of court cases about that law by the manufacturers, so I do not know the status at this point. So I wonder if that is still the case. If it is and an out of state person buys new there,…
Theoretically, that should be a catch-22, right?
How would they know you're no longer in Massachusetts, without the spying enabled while within Massachusetts?
Re: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it
#8Is there anything we can do about it short of avoiding new cars? Our legislators have proven unwilling to pass real privacy laws.
Ride a bike.
Re: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it
#9Is there anything we can do about it short of avoiding new cars? Our legislators have proven unwilling to pass real privacy laws.
Moving to the EU becomes a more appealing option every day.
Re: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it
#10Is there anything we can do about it short of avoiding new cars? Our legislators have proven unwilling to pass real privacy laws.
No. Enjoy the ride.