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Modern cars collect data: who is listening?

Original: Car is a smartphone on wheels. Here's who's listening

Researchers at Northeastern University examine how modern vehicles, increasingly built like smartphones on wheels, collect data from drivers and passengers through microphones, sensors and connected services. The project highlights how little transparency exists over which companies, insurers or manufacturers can access in-car conversations and driving information, and what that means for privacy on the road.

Why now: Growing concern over connected cars harvesting driver data and the lack of clear rules on who can access it

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• Car is a smartphone on wheels. Here's who's listening · longhaul · 223
• Car Is a Smartphone on Wheels. Here's Who's Listening · rafaelc · 108

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