autotldr@lemmings.world
on 08 Jun 2024 22:20
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
SAN ANTONIO – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating multiple car manufacturing companies after reports that they have secretly collected driver data and sold it to third parties.
Paxton’s office said the reports noted that massive amounts of data were sold to insurance providers.
“The technology in modern vehicles enables manufacturers to collect millions of data points about the people driving them,” Paxton said.
“Recently, consumers have grown extremely concerned that their driving data is being reported to their insurance company without their knowledge or authorization.
These reports of the invasive and unmitigated collection and sale of data without consumer consent are disturbing, and they merit a thorough investigation and appropriate enforcement.”
Paxton’s office said the manufacturers and third parties were instructed to show records relevant to their conduct.
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lurch@sh.itjust.works
on 08 Jun 2024 22:36
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I’m so not surprised
SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml
on 08 Jun 2024 22:41
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I’m surprised it’s going down in Texas
snooggums@midwest.social
on 08 Jun 2024 22:45
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Texas Attorney General is jealous that companies were able to buy it and he didn’t even know it was for sale.
ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works
on 08 Jun 2024 22:39
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I’m glad I have a dumb car! It gets me where I need to go and doesnt log my every move.
JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee
on 08 Jun 2024 22:47
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You just think we’re not watching?!! Mwaaahhaahahaaaaa
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
on 08 Jun 2024 23:25
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It’s kinda hard for them to collect data without an LTE or satellite data connection.
masterbaexunn@lemmy.world
on 09 Jun 2024 04:25
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They probably mean all the traffic cams and stuff and junk that tracks you. Oh and your phone, probably
Gotta switch to Linux phones and iPhones to minimize the risk on the phones side of things
masterbaexunn@lemmy.world
on 09 Jun 2024 06:13
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Certainly not iphones tho, right??? Aren’t they the biggest aggressor against privacy?
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
on 09 Jun 2024 06:58
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iPhones encrypt everything locally, as well as in iCloud, iMessage, and FaceTime. No apps can access any data outside of data entered into the app itself without explicit user consent. They’ve repeatedly fought the FBI on creating backdoor access, and have yet to lose. They only collect anonymous user data for in-house engineering if the user chooses to opt-in. If you ask for your GDPR abstract of data from Apple, it will only include your name, billing address, and phone number. Apple is big on privacy.
masterbaexunn@lemmy.world
on 09 Jun 2024 07:15
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And you can find your lost phone even when it’s off! Not that that negates all the other user data stuff. But you can’t say big on privacy if you can’t ever hide your phone from them. There’s faraday cages I guess.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
on 09 Jun 2024 07:50
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They can’t find your phone. You can. It’s encrypted through your iCloud Apple ID. Find My iPhone is disabled by default. You have to enable it prior to losing it to find your iPhone on a map or remotely erase it. If you lose your phone and go to an Apple Store, all they can do to help you is show you how to log into iCloud to find it.
ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works
on 09 Jun 2024 00:14
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Same, I love my 2002 Subaru. The most high tech thing in it is my bt stereo I installed that only connects to my phone. Everything I could possibly need in a smart car is Google Maps, which is on my phone, and a simple music forward/backward/pause for Bluetooth. Nothing more!
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
on 08 Jun 2024 23:22
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Mozilla did a great job listing all of the privacy violations by category and manufacturer.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
SAN ANTONIO – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating multiple car manufacturing companies after reports that they have secretly collected driver data and sold it to third parties.
Paxton’s office said the reports noted that massive amounts of data were sold to insurance providers.
“The technology in modern vehicles enables manufacturers to collect millions of data points about the people driving them,” Paxton said.
“Recently, consumers have grown extremely concerned that their driving data is being reported to their insurance company without their knowledge or authorization.
These reports of the invasive and unmitigated collection and sale of data without consumer consent are disturbing, and they merit a thorough investigation and appropriate enforcement.”
Paxton’s office said the manufacturers and third parties were instructed to show records relevant to their conduct.
The original article contains 205 words, the summary contains 130 words. Saved 37%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
I’m so not surprised
I’m surprised it’s going down in Texas
Texas Attorney General is jealous that companies were able to buy it and he didn’t even know it was for sale.
I’m glad I have a dumb car! It gets me where I need to go and doesnt log my every move.
You just think we’re not watching?!! Mwaaahhaahahaaaaa
It’s kinda hard for them to collect data without an LTE or satellite data connection.
They probably mean all the traffic cams and stuff and junk that tracks you. Oh and your phone, probably
Gotta switch to Linux phones and iPhones to minimize the risk on the phones side of things
Certainly not iphones tho, right??? Aren’t they the biggest aggressor against privacy?
iPhones encrypt everything locally, as well as in iCloud, iMessage, and FaceTime. No apps can access any data outside of data entered into the app itself without explicit user consent. They’ve repeatedly fought the FBI on creating backdoor access, and have yet to lose. They only collect anonymous user data for in-house engineering if the user chooses to opt-in. If you ask for your GDPR abstract of data from Apple, it will only include your name, billing address, and phone number. Apple is big on privacy.
And you can find your lost phone even when it’s off! Not that that negates all the other user data stuff. But you can’t say big on privacy if you can’t ever hide your phone from them. There’s faraday cages I guess.
They can’t find your phone. You can. It’s encrypted through your iCloud Apple ID. Find My iPhone is disabled by default. You have to enable it prior to losing it to find your iPhone on a map or remotely erase it. If you lose your phone and go to an Apple Store, all they can do to help you is show you how to log into iCloud to find it.
Im quite sure everyone else’s dash cams are!
Same, I love my 2002 Subaru. The most high tech thing in it is my bt stereo I installed that only connects to my phone. Everything I could possibly need in a smart car is Google Maps, which is on my phone, and a simple music forward/backward/pause for Bluetooth. Nothing more!
Mozilla did a great job listing all of the privacy violations by category and manufacturer.
…mozilla.org/…/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-pr…
Something something broken clock. Absolutely fuck Ken Paxton, but this is the right thing to do.
He’s not going to find anything but some extra money in his bank account, and then the corpros will point to the “investigation” for a decade.
Investigating it so he can start selling Texans data as well I assume.
Nah so he can prosecute people crossing state lines for abortion
The average car is about to get a lot older till this crap is regulated out of existence
Bad people can occasionally do good things, tbh. But it doesn’t make them good people.
He’ll probably just get bribed and give up