The car industry is even worse for your privacy than the worst tech company -- and that's because the worst behavior of the tech industry is embedded in every car. This report from @mozilla is what Consumer Reports should have done years ago -- and it is infuriating. https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/
@dangillmor @mozilla Do they really collect all this data or is it just in the privacy policy? I mean, how exactly does a Kia collect genetic information a Nissan sexual activity? Of course this shouldn't be in the privacy policy but if it's not really collected than it's not an issue.
@goc @dangillmor @mozilla The article is mostly making fun of privacy agreements & policies and not very usable about practical questions like that. For example, while Teslas are more than capable of collecting all kinds of information on you, as a practical matter, unless they're just outright lying, which I suppose is possible, they don't send that data off the car in most cases.
I suspect the items about sexual activity are there just because any cameras on the car might pick that up, so they're enumerating it – it is something to keep in mind, I guess?
I suspect most data selling is the same sort of data selling every other merchant does.
