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Diane 🕵

@drahardja

I was also looking at Mozilla's review of car company privacy policies and the South Korean companies are pretty bad.

foundation.mozilla.org/en/priv

KIA's privacy policy says they can collect data like sexual orientation and religious or philosophical beliefs.

Hyundai's list of data collected isn't quite as bad though " “disability status” and “citizenship” to waaay more broad ones like “medical information,”" isn't great.

Hyundai also has had some pretty bad information security blunders including using a private key from a public posted example

From Mozilla's perspective BMW was the least bad car company available in the US. (Renault was a bit better, but they also only sell cars in the EU, and so the GDPR is working as intended)

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Dave Rahardja (he/him)

@alienghic Ohh yeah that’s that. Can’t wait for my Hyundai to tell them about my sex life.

I’ll stick with the BMW i4.

moggie

This makes me grateful I no longer drive.

@alienghic @drahardja

Diane 🕵

@EverydayMoggie @drahardja

If you can pull it off there are many advantages to not using a car.

Jonathan Wright

@EverydayMoggie

I'm glad I don't drive either.

This and so many other benefits, in spite there being the obvious disadvantages of it being more difficult to get around, and of buying larger/heavy items from the store (I have to pay to get them delivered, and have the inconvenicens of staying in all day waiting arrival).

Jonathan Wright

@alienghic @drahardja

Another reason I'm glad I don't have a vehicle. That said, I'm certain my personal data is collected in many other ways.

I walk everywhere, or use public transport if I really must. If I can't get where I want to go using either of these methods, I simply don't go. I am contemplating getting a pushbike.

"So sad" you say, but I believe car drivers are the sad ones. They've become slaves to them, and simply can't imagine life without them.

#SlaveToTheCar #PersonalData

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