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minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months ago

Automakers Sold Driver Data for Pennies, Senators Say

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Automakers Sold Driver Data for Pennies, Senators Say

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minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months ago
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Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the F.T.C. to investigate how car companies handled the data from millions of car owners.

https://archive.is/tc2xB

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    Once they’ve got your data it’s gg.

    ToS never works. Libre software does.

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      Do we have a rockbox for cars?

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      Unless we are taking about trivoization

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        Doesn’t the latest GPL patch that?

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          Yes but that doesn’t apply to Linux

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