Privacy tip: When you sell or trade-in a vehicle, remember to erase all of your data from the in-car electronics. The car dealerships will NOT do this, although they should be required to.

This wasn’t done for the last few vehicles I’ve purchased. I know one previous owners name, where she lives, what her taste in music is, where her dad lives (and how often she visited him), and what restaurants she often went to. In the wrong hands, this is dangerous as hell.

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nostr:npub1vqldp56uwgz8f3z27frd08rx7n7vu67dlvzvsm0n8revxqyzh97skeds3z Also rental cars... We got into one the other day and literally could have called 15 strangers' moms

I was just about to mention this. I had a rental not too long ago. I did the past renters a favor and deleted their data from the vehicle. 🤓

I bought an Audi from a dealer and had to delete the previous owners info. Phone contacts, home address, where she traveled etc. It felt weirdly invasive.