If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare
"Bad news: your car is a spy. If your vehicle was made in the last few years, you’re probably driving around in a data-harvesting machine that may collect personal information as sensitive as your race, weight, and sexual activity. Volkswagen’s cars reportedly know if you’re fastening your seatbelt and how hard you hit the brakes.
That’s according to new findings from Mozilla’s *Privacy Not Included project. The #nonprofit found that every major car brand fails to adhere to the most basic privacy and security standards in new internet-connected models, and all 25 of the brands Mozilla examined flunked the organization’s test.
#Mozilla found brands including #BMW, #Ford, #Toyota, #
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"Bad news: your car is a spy. If your vehicle was made in the last few years, you’re probably driving around in a data-harvesting machine that may collect personal information as sensitive as your race, weight, and sexual activity. Volkswagen’s cars reportedly know if you’re fastening your seatbelt and how hard you hit the brakes.
That’s according to new findings from Mozilla’s *Privacy Not Included project. The #nonprofit found that every major car brand fails to adhere to the most basic privacy and security standards in new internet-connected models, and all 25 of the brands Mozilla examined flunked the organization’s test.
#Mozilla found brands including #BMW, #Ford, #Toyota, #Tesla, and #Subaru collect #data about drivers including race, facial expressions, weight, health information, and where you drive. Some of the cars tested collected data you wouldn’t expect your car to know about, including details about sexual activity, race, and immigration status, according to Mozilla."
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#Privacy #Surveillance #Data #SurveillanceCapitalism
Bad news: your car is a spy. Every major car brand's new internet-connected models flunked privacy and security tests conducted by Mozilla.
Thomas Germain (Gizmodo)
Autonomie und Solidarität
Als Antwort auf Autonomie und Solidarität • • •Cars as Cameras
A short overview of #Tesla #surveillance features and lessons for attack.
„Most expect to be captured on video when walking through downtown streets, which are often littered with traditional types of security cameras, such as the dome cameras, bullet cameras, or the newer remote controlled PTZ (Point, Tilt, Zoom) cameras. Previously, this was less expected in residential neighborhoods, which now have an increasing amount of home surveillance systems like Amazon’s Ring or Google Nest cameras.
Police departments have seized on the increasing popularity of these devices and struck deals with their parent companies to directly incorporate them into existing surveillance networks and access data without the knowledge or permission of the camera owner. Some doorbell style cameras offer forms of audio surveillance as well…
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Even without being bugged, almost every modern car contains technology that logs your trips (and m
Cars as Cameras
A short overview of #Tesla #surveillance features and lessons for attack.
„Most expect to be captured on video when walking through downtown streets, which are often littered with traditional types of security cameras, such as the dome cameras, bullet cameras, or the newer remote controlled PTZ (Point, Tilt, Zoom) cameras. Previously, this was less expected in residential neighborhoods, which now have an increasing amount of home surveillance systems like Amazon’s Ring or Google Nest cameras.
Police departments have seized on the increasing popularity of these devices and struck deals with their parent companies to directly incorporate them into existing surveillance networks and access data without the knowledge or permission of the camera owner. Some doorbell style cameras offer forms of audio surveillance as well…
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Even without being bugged, almost every modern car contains technology that logs your trips (and much more) and can be easily accessed by law enforcement."
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#Data #Privacy #Musk #Technology #SurveillanceCapitalism #SurveillanceCapitalism
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anarchistnews.orgAutonomie und Solidarität
Als Antwort auf Autonomie und Solidarität • • •From 2019 to at least mid-2022, Tesla employees used an internal messaging system to share "sometimes highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers' car cameras," according to a lengthy Reuters report based on interviews with nine former Tesla employees.
Although Tesla says its in-car cameras are "designed from the ground up to protect your privacy," today's Reuters report described employees as having easy access to the cameras' output and sharing that freely with other employees….
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#Tesla #Surveillance #Technology #data #Privacy
Tesla workers shared images from car cameras, including “scenes of intimacy”
Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)Autonomie und Solidarität
Als Antwort auf Autonomie und Solidarität • • •"Every Tesla is a surveillance device. This is worth knowing regardless of whether you engage in protest activity.
This chart shows the locations and ranges of the cameras, presuming they have an unobstructed view.
Fashion tips for preserving your privacy around Teslas:"
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#Tesla #Musk #Sabotage #Fashion #Surveillance #Protest #Technology #Tech
Fashion Tips for the Brave
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