• Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 months ago

    Hate to break it to you, but you’ll essentially need to avoid all new cars. For example, Nissan has been collecting data on people fucking in their cars.

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      8 months ago

      For example, Nissan has been collecting data on people fucking in their cars.

      No, they just said that they reserved the right to obtain and sell data on user sexual activity in the privacy policy. There’s no reason to believe that they’ve actually done that or that it was specifically sexual activity in cars; the same clause in the policy could cover, say, driving to a motel for a tryst.

      If I had to make a bet, they’re just covering their ass because they want to sell that data to someone else who might in turn data-mine or sell the data in a way that it deanonymizes someone and exposes their sexual activity. So down the line, when someone is super-pissed-off in court, they’re gonna haul that privacy policy out and say “we told you that we could do this and you didn’t say anything, so not our problem”.