Automakers Sold Driver Data for Pennies, Senators Say | Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the F.T.C. to investigate how car companies handled the data from millions of car owners.
(www.nytimes.com)
from silence7@slrpnk.net to technology@lemmy.world on 26 Jul 2024 20:54
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from silence7@slrpnk.net to technology@lemmy.world on 26 Jul 2024 20:54
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Is the argument they should have gotten a better deal?
More that peoples’ movement data isn’t worth much, so it wouldn’t be a big deal to impose legal requirements on keeping it private.
As Sen. Wyden says:
Automakers should not even have access to any of your information!
No company or entity should have the ability to sell my information. And at the very least not have access to it without my consent.
Especially if it influences how much I pay for insurance. Next thing you know, if you live near a McDonalds, your health insurance is gonna go up.
don’t give them ideas 🫣
Demand GDPR. No ifs, no buts. Its even written in several languages.
The more you pay, the harder you get ducked.
And that’s why the top 500 companies should be publicly owned
Headline makes it sound like the senators previously urged the FTC but were ignored.
Two things:
1: The “urging” mentioned took place today.
2:
Way to focus on the important parts 🙄
Someone posted this recently, how to opt out of data collection.
eff.org/…/how-figure-out-what-your-car-knows-abou…
literally pennies, Honda selling 4 years of access for only 25k is insane
laughs in 2003 1.8t Jetta
At some point, that car won’t be cost-effective to repair, and you’ll want to replace it. Be a lot better to have strong privacy legislation in place when that happens.
I am my own mechanic, and rock auto exists. I’ll be driving that fucker into the ground. It’s a great little car.