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TEC321: Your car knows too much—and it’s selling that info. Dom Bettinelli and Leo Devick expose the disturbing privacy failures in modern vehicles, challenge digital ethics, and discuss tech accountability.

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• It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy
• ‘Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed By Mozilla — Including Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota — Flunks Privacy Test
• Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little or no control over data collected | AP News
• How to Figure Out What Your Car Knows About You (and Opt Out of Sharing When You Can) | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• FTC bans GM from sharing driving data to settle claims that the automaker sold data without consent | AP News
• Cars & Consumer Data: On Unlawful Collection & Use
• Automakers meet growing data privacy challenges, experts say | Cybersecurity Dive
• The hidden cost of connected cars: Navigating data privacy in the automotive industry
• Texas sues General Motors over car data tracking – POLITICO
• Privacy4Cars – Privacy Report Card & Delete Your Data
• Vehicle Privacy Report – Want to know if your car contains personal data?
• YouTube will age-restrict more content showing ‘graphic violence’ in video games | The Verge
• Military Right to Repair Reform Could Reshape Readiness and Innovation | Military.com
• 339 Small Businesses Urge Passage of Right to Repair Bill for U.S. Military | Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA)

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