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EV that does not track my every move (www.mozillafoundation.org)

submitted 1 week 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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[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

This is a lose-lose-lose.

New cars don't respect people's privacy.
New cars cost more due to the extra camera/sensors/compute/connectivity necessary for tracking.
Less people buy new cars due to increased cost and tracking. Instead drive older, more polluting cars for longer.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The word is lose.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Maybe 3 of the 4 wheels need tightening?
So it's a loose-loose-loose-tight situation when it should be a tight-tight-tight-tight situation

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 4 points 6 days ago

Yes exactly. Thanks for backing me up :)

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 3 points 6 days ago

Thanks, fixed. Sorry for being a bit too loose with spelling