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The obsession with storing data they shouldn’t even have has to stop (feddit.org)

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Looking at you, Volkswagen. Don't store billions of records in an AWS bucket that can be breached.

Volkswagen Breach Exposes Data of 800K EV Customers

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[–] MissJinx 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Companies are legally required to store some data, like sales for example

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago

Obvoiusly companies need some data, both for practical and legal requirements.

But tracking every start and stop of a car with 1 meter accuracy meets none of these requirements. This is just a needless risk for everyone involved.