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Privacy
A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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- Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
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If we are talking major software making companies/groups, then I'll happily agree pretty much 100% with that statement because there are definitely plenty of small groups following their footsteps in one way or another.
They spoke to the international press and wrote to the United States Congress, claiming that their car companies are “committed to protecting consumer privacy” and even called for regulation themselves.
“Gee whizz we awe vewy sowwy fow doing a pwivacy invasion” 👉👈🥺
I’m beyond sick of corporations knowing they can do whatever they want as long as they run to congress and flagrantly lie.
[...] vewy sowwy fow being cawt doing [...] *
Actually it wouldn't be outrageous for them to call for regulation. Right now they are almost forced to do what everyone else is doing to stay competitive. It there were more regulations they could all compete on a better level.
Every time a corporation or group of corporations ask for regulations to be placed on themselves, that's a massive red flag that they are going to lobby to cut the legs off of that regulation, or they will make the regulation give them more power.
An optimistic interpretation is that they feel like they can't stop data collection without being hurt in the marketplace by competitors who will make more money by continuing to collect data, so they want governmentregulations to level the playing field.
That's being really charitable though...
It's all about dat $$$ for the shareholders. Not a bad interpretation, though.
how do cars transmit the data they collect if they don't have a wifi connection?
Cellular modems.