For example, Nissan and Kia claimed that they had data about your sex life, a thing that cannot be reasonably inferred from the sensors in your car (unless you have a highly specific sex life). *Six* car companies claimed they had your genetic data (again, not a thing that any of the sensors in your car can know about).
What's more, all of these scams have only gotten worse in the intervening three years:
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/22/mozilla-foundation-condemns-data-collection-by-cars/
15/
Cory Doctorow
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