Connected Cars Are a Surveillance Platform

Reported by Schneier on Security (Bruce Schneier)

Summary by Cyber Security News1 Oct 2026, 13:06 CET

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Researchers at Northeastern University, in collaboration with Consumer Reports, evaluated how much modern cars spy in their drivers: To determine this, CR dug through thousands of pages of automakers’ privacy policies and asked questions of 15 different automakersBMW, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Stellantis, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, and Volkswagen.

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