“The personal data of millions of Americans was sold to insurance companies without their knowledge or consent in violation of the law."

"Driver data said to be collected from the third-party apps included the phone’s altitude, latitude and longitude, speed, GPS time, bearing, and accuracy, with some apps collecting data every 15 seconds."

"Manufacturers that allegedly sold this data to Allstate include Toyota, Lexus, Mazda, Stellantis' Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati, and Ram."

How about other countries? 🤔

#asknostr #data #insurance #phones

Source: https://cybernews.com/privacy/allstate-collected-sold-driving-data-45-million-americans-texas-lawsuit-/

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This sounds like an example of what we call a "software backdoor."

However, we should ask the nostr:npub1235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ksdg0ht5 devs, because they say I'm a pathological liar, and a serial fabricator, and no better than a spam bot, and "not technical," and all I do is accuse everything I don't like "based on vibes" of having backdoors in it.

#OpenSourceEverything

collected by the cars themselves too. opt out needed. Is this even part of capitalism? If I support a law banning this behavior from car companies/app makers does that make me woke? , because I want that law. I used to rip out the 3G black boxes on older cars when they started this, but now they’ve integrated the entire GPS internet-enabled spying system with the car‘s main computer, so decoupling the mess is impossible.

Meanwhile, normies are like “hey look my new car has its own HOTSPOT! How cool is that?”

Removing the antennas (GPS and cellular) can neuter the system, because that leaves the radios and all connections in the car intact, but the thing can’t trancieve. I just wrap my whole car in tin foil now