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FTC Warns Car Makers Regarding Privacy (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by MHSJenkins@infosec.pub to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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It's not quite enough for me, personally, but this is a small step in the right direction.

I think that the real "down near the metal" solution is to own a dumb car, but those are getting thin on the ground . . .

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[–] MHSJenkins@infosec.pub 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's a drop in a very large bucket that will never be filled, by design.

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Normally I would be with you but Lina Khan is doing good work. Blocking mergers for anti trust and working to ban non competes. Now putting automakers on notice about telemetry.

[–] MHSJenkins@infosec.pub 4 points 6 months ago

I hope you're right, sincerely.