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?
If you’re going with another Ford, you should be good to get one as new as 2017, since that’s the last year they used 3g cell radios. It can’t report back since the network was shut down.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the sensors store data locally and then get uploaded to the Internet when you take it to a mechanic, who plugs your car into an internet-connected computer
That would only be possible for vehicles equipped with gps. Without gps the 3g networks’ shutdown means there’s not even assisted-gps data.
Again, it doesn’t need the cell towers to transmit data, once the car is given an internet connection by cable at the mechanics