Mozilla: It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy

The Mozilla Foundation has published areport on the data-collection and privacy practices of 25 car brands.

We reviewed 25 car brands in our research and we handed out 25"dings" for how those companies collect and use data and personalinformation. That's right: every car brand we looked at collectsmore personal data than necessary and uses that information for areason other than to operate your vehicle and manage theirrelationship with you. For context, 63% of the mental health apps(another product category that stinks at privacy) we reviewed thisyear received this "ding."

Proof, once again, that running Linux does not automatically make a deviceprivacy-friendly.