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Toyota Owner Didn’t Know His Car Was Talking To Insurers Until He Saw His Rates (www.carscoops.com)
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Toyota, Progressive Insurance, and a data analytics firm are now being accused of collecting detailed personal driving information without proper consent

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Welp, here goes any chance I'm buying a Toyota as a next car

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think all cars spy on you now. But yes, definitely not Toyota.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Mazda has a process to opt out on data collection I heard though. Not the best but it's better than nothing. But I'm holding onto my 10 year old "dumb" car until it turns into a pile of rust.