Connected cars’ illegal data collection and use now on FTC’s “radar”
arstechnica.com
The regulator is warning OEMs to respect data privacy or it will get mad.

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 . . .

      • @CheradenineEnglish
        16•1 month ago

        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.