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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 46 points 2 months ago (4 children)

They are still data hungry, surveillance machines that are allways online and gps tracked. We need cars without that kinda shit built in.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago

There has been talks about forcing Chinese cars to come over disconnected. Every new car is a surveillance machine. The western brands will not be asked to disconnect anything and it will probably be illegal to do so yourself, so Chinese cars might be an actual win in that regard.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago

American car company secretly send your driving data to your insurance company so they can squeeze more out from you for any minor reason they see fit. There's no reason canada insurance company won't do that. Scared about chinese car collecting your data is kinda missed the point, you should have stronger data protection instead.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

exactly like their US counterparts though

[–] crazyminner@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'de rather China have my data than an company over here. What are they gunna do with it that would affect me?

[–] socialjusticewizard@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

that's exactly what got us in this mess in the first place.

[–] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What mess? American Imperialism / Capitalism imploding on itself?

[–] socialjusticewizard@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A foreign power having far, far too much control over our economic possessions. Information is a resource; what they do with it is inconsequential, we have to stop giving it away to people simply because they're our 'trade partners' right now.

[–] MajorSauce@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So a direct consequence of Usamerican capitalism/Imperialism, got it.

Yes. You're phrasing that like it's some kind of gotcha, but this whole conversation started with me pointing out that we'd just be repeating our errors with the us but versus a different imperial polity.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Correlation attacks, China is king of hoovering up data.

Overly dramatic example: you are in the armed forces, you have a TikTok account, you post a bunch of shit that shows you are in the armed forces. You get deployed for some covert fuckabout and are told to leave your phone at home. You turn off your phone, pick up 3 of your buddies in your Chinese EV and drive to the base/airport/sea port. Dozens of people do this and by seeing the pattern China knows that a bunch of armed forces are being told to quietly deploy.

A less dramatic example might be figuring out where politicians are by knowing where their employees are.

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago

What are they gunna do with it that would affect me?

Use it as blackmail if we ever end up in a war against them