Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed by Mozilla

Re:Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed by... by nullc on Saturday September 09, 2023 @11:49AM (#37446727)

Many potential forms of ISP data collection are unlawful in the US thanks to wiretap laws, which is why we don't generally see this level of surveillance from ISPs here.

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Re:Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed by... by johndhi on Saturday September 09, 2023 @12:10PM (#37446978)

Pretty sure this isn't true. What wiretapping laws do you have in mind? I think ISPs are exempt from most.

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Re:Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed by... by nullc on Sunday September 10, 2023 @12:36AM (#37452944)

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2511 Note the narrowness of (2) (a) and the broadness of (1)(a)/(1)(b).

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Re:Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed by... by johndhi on Sunday September 10, 2023 @08:52AM (#37455390)

2a is the exception I was thinking of.

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Re:Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed by... by nullc on Monday September 11, 2023 @08:11PM (#37475376)

Indeed, but I don't think you can "we spy on our users and sell the results" under 2(a).

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