A Techdirt article argues that U.S. car privacy and security are still in poor shape, pointing to two earlier investigations as evidence. The piece contends that the issues first documented years ago have not been adequately fixed.
In 2023, Mozilla released a report finding that modern U.S. cars had the worst security and privacy standards of any major technology industry the organization tracks. The following year, The New York Times reported that automakers routinely hoover up large amounts of consumer data, according to the Techdirt article.
The Techdirt piece uses these reports to argue that the problems persist despite public attention. It offers no indication that automakers or regulators have meaningfully changed course since those findings were published.