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These modern cars are revealing and selling your secrets
Modern cars made by the leading global brands are collecting, sharing and selling user data, receiving "failing marks" at protecting user privacy, according to a new report by the Mozilla Foundation. Mozilla, which is perhaps best known for its open-source web browser Firefox, released research on…#mozillafoundation #ford #bmw #tesla #subaru #kia #nissan #toyota #carapps #nissannorthamerica
Source: Reuters: Health - September 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Tesla is the least secure car brand for privacy, Mozilla says
Forget snooping smartphones and spying smartwatches. Modern, connected cars are “the official worst category of products for privacy that we have ever reviewed,” Mozilla concluded after studying two dozen brands. Mozilla, the not-for-profit behind the open-source Firefox browser, revealed…#googlemaps #cadillac #gmc #buick #chevrolet #kia #nissan #hyundai #renault #toyota
Source: Reuters: Health - September 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Car makers can collect — and sell
Car companies are collecting “too much personal data” from drivers, who have little freedom to opt out, researchers wrote in a report assessing the data privacy policies of 25 automobile brands. All carmakers received “Privacy Not Included” warnings from the Mozilla Foundation, which developed the…#privacynotincluded #mozillafoundation #kevinzawacki #mozilla #renault #urigal #renaultgroup #bmw #tesla #telsa
Source: Reuters: Health - September 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

' Privacy Nightmare ' : Mozilla Says Tesla, Other Modern Cars ' Privacy Policies Are Comparable To Those Of Sex Toys
Elon Musk's Tesla Inc. TSLA and most other modern cars are a big "privacy nightmare", according to the Mozilla Foundation. Worse yet, the privacy policies of these modern cars are comparable to those of sex toys, the foundation said. What Happened: After analyzing the privacy policies of Tesla,…#elonmusk #teslainc #mozillafoundation #tesla #audi #mercedesbenz #kia #lexus #toyota #nissanwins
Source: Reuters: Health - September 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Tesla tops Mozilla ' s list of ' creepiest ' carmakers, but 25 brands failed basic data privacy tests
The non-profit Mozilla Foundation deemed cars the "worst product category" ever reviewed for data privacy, according to research released Wednesday. Its Privacy Not Included Research division reviews everything from smart home devices to health and wellness apps. But of the 25 car brands the…#mozillafoundation #smarthome #wellnessapps #tesla #nissan #hyundai #kia #renault #bmw #creepy
Source: Reuters: Health - September 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mozilla Report Finds That New Cars Give Out Lots of Your Info
Bad news: your car is a spy. If your vehicle was made in the last few years, you’re probably driving around in a data-harvesting machine that may collect personal information as sensitive as your race, weight, and sexual activity. Volkswagen’s cars reportedly know if you’re fastening your seatbelt…#volkswagen #mozilla #bmw #ford #toyota #tesla #subaru #jencaltrider #modern #nissan
Source: Reuters: Health - September 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sensors, Vol. 23, Pages 7548: Digital Forensic Analysis of Vehicular Video Sensors: Dashcams as a Case
hna Dashcams are considered video sensors, and the number of dashcams installed in vehicles is increasing. Native dashcam video players can be used to view evidence during investigations, but these players are not accepted in court and cannot be used to extract metadata. Digital forensic tools, such as FTK, Autopsy and Encase, are specifically designed for functions and scripts and do not perform well in extracting metadata. Therefore, this paper proposes a dashcam forensics framework for extracting evidential text including time, date, speed, GPS coordinates and speed units using accurate optical character recognition...
Source: Sensors - August 31, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Yousef-Awwad Daraghmi Ibrahim Shawahna Tags: Article Source Type: research

OpenTF forks Terraform, insists HashiCorp is the splinter group
Two weeks after HashiCorp changed the terms under which its Terraform software is licensed, users of the infrastructure automation project – corporate rivals among them – have created a fork of the Terraform code. HashiCorp's announcement this month it would switch from the Mozilla Public License…#hashicorp #terraform #mozillapubliclicense #mpl #bsl #sebastianstadil #devops #scalr #register #apache20
Source: Reuters: Health - August 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Honey, can you shrink the plugin? Mozilla allows desktop extensions on Firefox for Android
Mozilla has teased an upcoming plan to allow plugins developed for its desktop browser to run on its Android app. "In the coming months Mozilla will launch support for an open ecosystem of extensions on Firefox for Android on addons.mozilla.org (AMO)," wrote Scott DeVaney, staff editorial manager…#mozilla #android #firefox #scottdevaney #androidnightly #arcaradicalfresh #api #switch #apple #samsung
Source: Reuters: Health - August 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TikTok expands research API to Europe and launches ads transparency library
TikTok has finally launched an ads transparency library — starting with data on ads and other commercial content running in Europe but with plans to expand that. Also today it’s announced expanded access to its research API to Europe. Both moves look intended to help the company comply with…#tiktok #api #article39 #paneu #article40 #switzerland #researchapi #labaccess #mozilla #spain
Source: Reuters: Health - July 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Review
There’s just one problem: There are hundreds of VPNs, and some of them are snake oil. Many overpromise, making you think your activity is more hidden than it really is. Some may market themselves as free but covertly mine your web surfing for profit or hand it over to the government. Constant…#isp #yaelgrauer #davidhuerta #fpf #mozilla #firefox
Source: Reuters: Health - May 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mozilla launches Mastodon server to test new content moderation
The not-for-profit said it is testing content moderation that is different to other social media platforms, with no focus on free speech or ‘neutrality’. Mozilla is expanding its presence on Mastodon with a private beta, as the organisation tests its alternative approach to other social media…#mastodon #mozilla #mozillamanifesto #elonmusk #dailybrief #siliconrepublics #scitech
Source: Reuters: Health - May 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mental health apps may put your privacy at risk. Here's what to look for
A report by Mozilla notes that several apps aimed at mental health have improved their data privacy and security. But more than half still have problems, and some are terrible, Mozilla says.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - May 2, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Jon Healey Source Type: news

Microsoft fixes a Windows Defender bug, first reported in 2018, that caused Firefox to spike CPU usage, and rolls the patch out on Windows 10 and 11
It looks like a bug nearly half a decade old has finally been fixed by Microsoft and Mozilla. The issue was related to Windows Defender and its Antimalware Service Executable (MsMpEng.exe) service which would lead to high CPU usage on Mozilla Firefox. The resource usage was noticeably higher…#windowsdefender #cpu #mozillafirefox #googlechrome #microsoftedge #firefox #yannisjuglaret #windows7 #etw #windows
Source: Reuters: Health - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NanoBrowserQuest, an RPG game that ' s also a Nano faucet, originally developed by the Mozilla Foundation
Source: Reuters: Health - April 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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