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Cars are a 'privacy nightmare on wheels'. Here's how they get away with collecting and sharing your data (techxplore.com)
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Cars are a 'privacy nightmare on wheels'. Here's how they get away with collecting and sharing your data::Cars with internet-connected features are fast becoming all-seeing data-harvesting machines—a so-called "privacy nightmare on wheels," according to US-based research conducted by the Mozilla Foundation.

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[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Less of a "backup" and more of a "fail closed" system, from what I've seen. The throttle will at least have the decency to drop to idle when it stops working as opposed to staying at it's last position.