Your car knows everything about you, even the details of your sex life: study finds
You've uninstalled all questionable apps from your phone, changed the privacy settings on your child's smart toys, and forbidden Alexa to save your history. Are you completely safe now? Yes, but only until you get behind the wheel of your own car. This was reported by SSPDaily.
Komando.com writes about this: "Modern cars are an absolute disaster for everything related to privacy. A recent study by Mozilla of 25 leading car brands, as part of the Privacy Not Included warning label project, showed that not a single vehicle passed the test in this area.
Who failed the Mozilla test and why?
The 25 automotive brands studied received at least four out of five privacy warnings. Among them are Tesla, Nissan, Hyundai, Cadillac, GMC, Buick, Chevrolet, Kia, Acura, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Lincoln, Ford, Lexus, Toyota, and Volkswagen.
For example, Tesla received all five Mozilla marks for the unreliability of its artificial intelligence (AI) autopilot. According to available data, it has caused 736 accidents and 17 deaths, and several serious government investigations are currently underway.
Who needs personal data?
The most surprising discovery of Mozilla was what cars can do with data about your sexual activity.
For example, Nissan collects information about the intimate part of its customers' lives, and Kia explicitly states in its privacy policy that it can record data about your "sex life."
In addition, automakers can collect medical and genetic information and use it to create additional data about you, predicting your abilities, interests, and intelligence level.
Mozilla also found that:
- 84% of the brands surveyed share personal data with service providers, data brokers, and other companies you don't even know exist.
- 76% of brands admit to selling this personal data.
- 56% say they may share your data with the government or law enforcement agencies upon "request."
In this case, we are talking about requests that do not require a court order.
