Does anybody else care that modern "connected" cars are...

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    Does anybody else care that modern "connected" cars are gathering your private information and giving or selling it to anyone interested? This apparently doesn't include just your name, age and address, but how you drive, how far you drive, where you go and how often, where you shop, your recreational habits,and whatever it can collect from your passengers (including their sex, and by inference, presumably, your sexual preferences - Nissan). Such an information cache must look like a treasure trove to law enforcement, insurance companies, and marketers of just about anything. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Tesla seems to be the worst offenders in a recent privacy survey by the Mozilla Foundation - compelling reading:

    https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/
    https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/what-data-does-my-car-collect-about-me-and-where-does-it-go/
    https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/after-researching-cars-and-privacy-heres-what-keeps-us-up-at-night/
 
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