Sunshine@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agoChinese EV imports pose privacy, security and industry risks: expertswww.canadianaffairs.newsexternal-linkmessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up169file-text
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Researchers, industry leaders urge Ottawa to develop rules to protect consumers as Canada opens its market to Chinese EVs
minus-squarezbyte64@awful.systemslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoOne fix for this is to have the data centers that do the data collection be located in your country and subject to your laws. China would love to cooperate on that front but it wouldn’t protect the profits of certain industries.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAnother fix is to not allow cars to track and report data back to anyone.
minus-squarezbyte64@awful.systemslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoNo OTA updates then. I wonder if the dealerships would view that as a positive.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days ago No OTA updates then That’s fine with me. No other car I’ve owned in my 45 years of driving has had OTA updates, and it hasn’t inconvenienced me in the slightest.
One fix for this is to have the data centers that do the data collection be located in your country and subject to your laws. China would love to cooperate on that front but it wouldn’t protect the profits of certain industries.
Another fix is to not allow cars to track and report data back to anyone.
No OTA updates then. I wonder if the dealerships would view that as a positive.
That’s fine with me.
No other car I’ve owned in my 45 years of driving has had OTA updates, and it hasn’t inconvenienced me in the slightest.