Running Down a Scheme

Sometimes you’re being tracked so thoroughly online that you just want to jump in a getaway car and push the pedal to the metal. Well, don’t bother. The same privacy invasions you’re trying to outrun are riding shotgun. Whether you were born to run, born to be wild, want to ride around with Mustang Sally where the streets have no name, or get your kicks on Route 66, someone knows about it. Everyday is a winding road, and your being tracked the whole way. And since regulators have been asleep at the wheel when it comes to the rules of the road, your car might be collecting even more data than your web browser. “Forget snooping smartphones and spying smartwatches. Modern, connected cars are ‘the official worst category of products for privacy that we have ever reviewed,’ Mozilla concluded after studying two dozen brands.” Nearly every modern car shares or sells your data. Some of the carmakers even claim to be able to collect genetic information. You’re probably worried that this is yet one more category you have to consider when deciding which car to purchase, but let’s pump the brakes. According to Mozilla, “even if you did have the funds and the resources to comparison shop for your car based on privacy, you wouldn’t find much of a difference. Because according to our research, they are all bad!” Goodbye Yellow Brick Road…

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