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Mozilla review of 25 car brands finds they're "a privacy nightmare" (foundation.mozilla.org)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Any idea around what model year this started to take off? I drive a 2000 so I'm not worried now, but thinking of upgrading to something slightly newer.

There are EV conversion kits available, so it is possible to turn an old car electric. They won't have the storage capacity of a natively electric car, but it is an option.

[โ€“] roboticide 11 points 1 year ago

Depends on the OEM, but generally late-2010s is when it became more ubiquitous.

Any car with an infotainment system is probably a "risk," but especially '20s cars with features tied to apps are the real vulnerability here.

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