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And this is one of the reasons I won't be replacing my gas-powered Lexus any time soon. Then there is the spyware issue: most modern cars (and especially Tesla-like electric cars) are a privacy nightmare.

>>drnick+(OP)
None of the issues in the article are specific to electric cars. This isn't even one, it's a plug-in hybrid. A modern ICE car will have the same issues of having too much electronics inside.

>>drnick+(OP)
Tesla is leading in car privacy, look at mozilla's report.

>>dzhiur+cC
Out of the Privacy Not Included list of car manufacturers it is the third not-worst: https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/cate...

It is still very bad: https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/tesl...

Overview: https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/arti...

>>dzhiur+cC
Oh that's very comforting, the leader in car privacy knows where I am at all times because it needs that information for self-driving.

>>drnick+js2
Self driving is offline