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?
Stick to older cars. Learn the way of the wrench. End.
The stupidest part of this whole “always connected” BS is it doesn’t do anything for the car. I pulled and partially rebuilt the engine in my 2020 gmc and those stupid emails about the car’s health didn’t even notice. It keeps sending them to me regardless of me not paying for on star or if the engine is sitting in the garage. Made me want to find the antennae and disconnect it.
For most OEMs it’s the shark fin (older) or bump (newer) on the roof. It would probably be way easier to pull the fuse.
Automated license plate readers (both fixed abd mobile) means old cars are tracked as well.
Right, but that’s not relevant to the topic. We’re talking about the car itself collecting data and sending that to the manufacturer.