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‘Modern cars are a privacy nightmare,’ the worst Mozilla’s seen (www.theverge.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I can't even begin to see your point

[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What does Mozilla, who makes a web browser, have to do with cars?

The point couldn't get more obvious.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Why do cars, which are supposed to drive you from A to B, have to do with transferring your usage data via the internet?

And yet, here we are!

It's very fitting that a foundation that writes an open and privacy focused message on its flag then reviews this behaviour.

In your metaphor, the bicycle company produces shitty underwater bikes and you claim that fish wouldn't know a thing or two about swimming.