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submitted 1 month ago by BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de to c/privacy@programming.dev

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I am sure this article has been shared before, however I wanted to have a look at this topic.
The articles short summary is this:

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

I am currently driving a 2014 Ford Fiesta which just has a radio with a CD player and Bluetooth. I do not need more than that in a car.

The reason I am looking at all is that that the Fiesta does not belong to me and the friend owning it will be moving out in a bit, so I kinda need another one.

There seems to be one brand that is not as bad as the other ones (but still bad): Renault; mozilla's review...
Maybe I will have a look at their cars.

What do you guys think? Stick to older used cars and not use an EV or look at which of the manufacturers have the least bad privacy policy?

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[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong:

Like a "Smart" TV you can just not connect the car to the internet and ignore all the features requiring a SIM card or phone connection.

I'll just use a phone mount and ignore the infotainment shit entirely besides offline features if it comes to that.

I'll pull the dashboard apart and wire in a dumb radio/mount it somewhere.

I'd even find and destroy the antennas if I have to. I'll buy 3rd party ECU if I can't. Exhaust all options.

I can drive old cars too but eventually that gets unrealistic and hard to maintain.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

How is the old Zoe there? It even asks for consent for maps data.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Older cars is the key, something without electronic/network based maintenance systems

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Detroit already knows where all your dogging spots are. Who did you think you were meeting there?

[–] xav@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

My French car asks me at startup if I allow it to send my data. The default settings if I don't answer by 10 seconds is the last one, i.e. "no than you". Thank you EU.

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